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Alberta nurse practitioner program reducing primary care provider gap: minister
Adriana LaGrange says 33 nurse practitioners are now taking patients across the province and another 23 have been approved to practise primary care similar to a family physician.
What to know about Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump’s pick to lead Medicare and Medicaid
South of the border, President-elect Donald Trump is busy making selects for his administration. Here’s a look at Dr. Mehmet Oz, a television doctor who became a politician.

Ontario tables bill that bans supervised consumption sites near schools, daycares

The bill, if passed, would also require municipalities to get the health minister’s approval to apply for an exemption from the federal government to launch new supervised consumption sites.
Mental health worsening across Canada, access to care is uneven, report says

The Canadian Mental Health Association says 2.5 million people say they can’t get the care they need.
New Alberta hospital agency to be up and running in the spring, minister says

Adriana LaGrange announced Monday that hospitals now run by Alberta Health Services and Covenant Health would answer to the new agency, Acute Care Alberta, once it's running.
Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada expresses support for TMU med school admissions policies, calls out ‘harmful double standards’

‘We stand by TMU and any other medical school that is facing undue pressure to uphold past discriminatory admissions approaches,’ the association said.
Canadian physicians suffering a Promethean fate

The Ontario Health Coalition is wrong to attack physicians’ innovative efforts to address patient demand, says Dr. Merrilee Fullerton.
Montreal children’s hospitals over capacity, ask parents not to come unless urgent

Dr. Harley Eisman, interim medical director of pediatric emergency services at Montreal Children’s Hospital, says the increase in patients is due to seasonal viruses spreading at the same time as walking pneumonia cases.
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.
Entry deadline extended for Pharmacy Practice + Business Awards

We know thing have been, shall we say, hectic, in community pharmacies in recent weeks. Recognizing that, we are giving you more time to get your entries in for the 2024 Pharmacy Practice + Business awards.