The federal government’s offer of $46.2-billion in new funding over the next decade is a “ray of hope” for the country’s pandemic-battered health care system, but not enough to buy the fundamental change that many health leaders were seeking.
While each jurisdiction will be able to tailor the bilateral deals to their needs, Ottawa set four broad priorities for the overall package. They include: access to high-quality family health services, including in rural and remote areas; a “resilient and supported” health work force; access to care for mental health and addictions; and providing patients access to their own electronic health information.
Still, Dr. Smith said he was buoyed to see primary care and support for health workers get top billing in the announcement. When patients can’t find a family doctor or see the doctor they have, they often wind up in the emergency department of one of the hospitals he runs. “I cannot think of a single good reason why we wouldn’t aim to have 100 per cent of Canadians who want it attached to a family doctor or nurse practitioner,” Dr. Martin said, adding that primary-care attachment is exactly the kind of data the system should be tracking.that about 15 per cent of Canadians say they don’t have regular access to a health care provider.
“I’m very worried that nurses are not going to see themselves in anything that’s being proposed, and are going to be more discouraged,” Ms. Silas said.
And what would? Industry leaders have a much better plan,,, or just whining, with no alternative. Ya, just whining.
JustinTrudeau It's time to fix the inefficiencies and waste in the system. Throwing money blindly at a problem, shot-gun style, never works. Put the $ to effective use. Hire continuous improvement experts to eliminate waste in the Healthcare system. I'll lead the entire program.