Health Minister Adriana LaGrange introduced Bill 22 in the legislature on Tuesday. The bill would break Alberta Health Services into four different organizations.
The UCP government introduced a bill on Tuesday that will break Alberta Health Services into four separate organizations overseeing mental health and addictions, acute care, primary care and continuing care. The UCP government introduced a bill on Tuesday that will break Alberta Health Services into four separate organizations overseeing mental health and addictions, acute care, primary care and continuing care.
Bill 22 lays out the governance of the new organizations and allows government to move employees to the new organizations. LaGrange said workers would stay with their current unions and be governed by the same collective agreements. No job losses are expected, she added.AHS staff face job terminations and transfer offers in midst of health-care overhaul
"They're excited by the possibilities," LaGrange said. "There's hope that the work that they're doing will in fact produce better results and they can really use their skills to their full potential."
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