Health Services News

Federal Budget 2023: Budget Synopsis: Email from Office of Minister for Seniors (attached) Dental Care: While not yet passed, the budget proposes dental coverage for... Read More

How is your province/Territory doing? When the federal government and respective provinces and territories signed these individual 10-year accords it was agreed that monitoring would... Read More

Among other things, Covid has, unfortunately, demonstrated the need for Advanced Care Planning and personal directives. The website https://www.advancecareplanning.ca/ offers resources and the opportunity to... Read More

The federal MAID legislation modifications were approved in March 2021.  (https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/medical-assistance-dying.html) There are however provincial/territorial variations in application and access. Members are encouraged to investigate... Read More

What is the Canada Health Act and what are its implications in your province? Violations of the Canada Health Act have been an ongoing concern... Read More

Adult Canadians are under-vaccinated against preventable diseases like seasonal influenza, shingles and pneumonia (all of which can cause life-threatening and longstanding outcomes). The ACER-CART Heath... Read More

Universal pharmacare continues to be an ACER-CART priority.  Recently appointed Health Minister Duclos’s mandate letter includes “Continue engaging with willing provinces and territories towards national... Read More

Ageing at Home A chart in the form of a checklist will be developed to show the services available in different provinces. It will show... Read More

The 2024-25 Heath Services Committee is currently composed of members from RTANL, PEIRTO, STS, RTAM, ARTA and RTO–NSTU.   Ageing in Place was confirmed as... Read More