Alberta's United Conservative Party government has replaced the entire board of directors of Alberta Health Services (AHS) for the second time since Danielle Smith took office as premier. This move signifies the latest phase in the province's extensive overhaul of its healthcare system, which includes the creation of four separate Crown corporations taking over various aspects of healthcare management previously handled by AHS. While AHS will continue to manage Alberta's 106 government-owned hospitals, the new structure separates acute care, primary care, long-term and continuing care, and mental health and addictions into distinct agencies.
Interim CEO of Alberta Health Services will replace all directors as Adriana LaGrange's ministry heads search for new leadership of a diminished agency.Health Minister Adriana LaGrange has dismantled AHS into four separate parts, and has now dismantled its board of directors, as her predecessor did in 2022 after Danielle Smith became premier.
Earlier this week, the government announced the creation of Assisted Living Alberta, the fourth and final new Crown corporation to take over the health-care management role that AHS had singularly held. Friday's move was abrupt; a brief board meeting scheduled for the afternoon disappeared from the AHS website around the lunch hour.
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