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The Saskatchewan government recently entered into a contract with the Omni Surgery Centre in Regina and is now finalizing one with the Saskatoon Surgicentre to provide a certain number of day surgeries for patients in the province. The contracts are good news for some of the 26,915 Saskatchewan patients currently on waiting lists in the [...]
Posted by admin on Sunday, September 5, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Filed under Access · Tagged CUPE health care council, health care workers, Omni Surgery Centre, private facilities, public health care system, putting patients first, Saskatchewan government, Saskatchewan patients, Saskatoon Surgicentre, unions, waiting lists
A new piece of legislation aimed at improving the quality of patient care in Ontario received Royal Assent on June 8th. The Excellent Care for All Act, 2010 comes into law as the province is desperately trying to contain its escalating health care costs in an effort to reduce its $21 billion dollar deficit. The title [...]
Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Filed under Health Care Legislation, Health Policy Canada · Tagged Excellent care for all act, government health care executives, government-run health care system, high quality care, hospital report cards, medical care, National Health Service, Ontario government, patients, performance measures, Premier Danny Williams, public health care, putting patients first, quality of care, quality of care committee, The Fraser Institute
