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ER physicians encourage Albertans to choose a party that will prioritize health care

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The South Health Campus adult acute care hospital in Calgary on April 1, 2020. An open letter signed by nearly 200 ER doctors said Alberta’s health care system was deteriorating.Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press

Nearly 200 emergency-room doctors are urging Albertans to vote for a party that will prioritize fixing what they say is a deteriorating health care system causing patients and care providers to speak languish without support.

An open letter released Wednesday morning, just five days ahead of the May 29 vote, said lack of access to primary care, limited hospital capacity and a critical labor shortage are eroding emergency departments. The signatories said the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis and “untimely” government policies have brought the system to collapse.

“Frontline healthcare workers have truly had enough. We cannot bear to watch our patients suffer any longer with no end in sight,” the

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Productivity Commission Report reveals Australians delaying vital health care because of cost

The number of Australians who delayed or avoided seeing their doctor because they could not afford it soared by almost 50 per cent in the last year, new figures have been revealed.

The latest Productivity Commission Report has further detailed the impact of mounting out-of-pocket medical costs for Australians, as GPs complain they are increasingly being forced to ditch bulk billing and charge patients just to keep afloat.

The report has revealed 3.5 per cent of people postponed or skipped GP visits in the past 12 months because of the cost, up from 2.4 per

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Saskatchewan Significantly Expanding Opportunities For Health Care Training | News and Media

Released on January 31, 2023

Saskatchewan is dramatically increasing educational opportunities for Saskatchewan students and young adults interested in health careers. An immediate initial investment of more than $5.5 million will help create over 550 new post-secondary training seats across 18 health care training programs.

Expanding health training programs is one of four pillars in the province’s Health Human Resources Action Plan. This commitment will increase training capacity at the province’s post-secondary institutions and reserve additional training seats for Saskatchewan students in highly specialized programs in other provinces.

“This initiative will open up exciting new health career options for many more Saskatchewan students by giving them greater access to training for their career choices,” Advanced Education Minister Gordon Wyant said. “The scale of this unprecedented expansion of Saskatchewan’s health training capacity demonstrates our government’s commitment to strengthening our health care workforce. We are grateful for the support of

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