Health Policy News

Vancouver Island doctors set up overdose prevention sites without government blessing
Doctors on Vancouver Island say they’re setting up unsanctioned overdose prevention sites on the grounds of Nanaimo General and Royal Jubilee hospitals this week because the B.C. government hasn’t lived up to its promise to set aside space for the sites.
Joint task force releases recommendations report to address barriers to interoperability in healthcare
The task force calls on the feds, provinces and territories to ‘commit to developing and implementing a comprehensive plan to improve interoperability within five years.’

Pharmacy robberies are down across Ontario in 2024 after implementation of time-delayed safes

The OCP’s latest deterrence strategy has been validated by a sharp decline in pharmacy robberies over the past year.
Ottawa names experts to advise on creation of national pharmacare program

The bill became law on Oct. 10, and allows the federal government to sign agreements with the provinces and territories to begin providing free access to contraceptives and diabetes medication.
What exactly is an ‘underserved’ or ‘rural’ community?

Feds tweak definition to expand access to student loan forgiveness program
‘We have no quotas’: TMU responds to criticism over race and equity-based medical school admission pathways

The university says it has removed ‘confusing’ language about its admissions process from its website.
‘Big frustration’: How a limited MAID window affects Alzheimer’s patients

The complex debate continues as the implications of Quebec’s recent changes on MAID sink in.
New Brunswick to allow medicare to pay for surgical abortions outside hospitals

Before the change, the government would only cover the cost of the surgical procedures if they were performed in one of three hospitals.
After 18-year-old with autism goes missing, mom says Ontario needs vulnerable alerts

An provincial private member’s bill would implement a system of alerts for vulnerable people such as children with autism or seniors with dementia, similar to Amber Alerts, but it is stalled at the committee stage in the Ontario legislature.
Quebec ‘ready to use’ notwithstanding clause to force doctors to practise in province

The premier says his government is looking at requiring medical graduates from Quebec universities to reimburse the government the cost of their education unless they practise in the province for an unspecified period.

Vancouver Island doctors set up overdose prevention sites without government blessing

Joint task force releases recommendations report to address barriers to interoperability in healthcare

Pharmacy robberies are down across Ontario in 2024 after implementation of time-delayed safes

Ottawa names experts to advise on creation of national pharmacare program

What exactly is an ‘underserved’ or ‘rural’ community?

‘We have no quotas’: TMU responds to criticism over race and equity-based medical school admission pathways

‘Big frustration’: How a limited MAID window affects Alzheimer’s patients

New Brunswick to allow medicare to pay for surgical abortions outside hospitals

After 18-year-old with autism goes missing, mom says Ontario needs vulnerable alerts

Quebec ‘ready to use’ notwithstanding clause to force doctors to practise in province