The province plans to reduce the number of nursing-home spaces this year, despite new figures that show a rising number of Albertans are still stuck in hospital or at home waiting for a bed to become vacant.
If the provinces really want to improve the performance and efficiency of their healthcare systems, they’ll have to address these five ‘unmentionable’ issues
A long-term care task force created after a Toronto Star investigation into nursing home abuse has been swamped with complaints — and ideas for change.
Hospitals in Ontario have had to absorb the costs of providing nurses on Ornge air ambulance flights, including overtime wages for those who travel long distances from their communities.
