Alberta's medical system is getting prepped for some major surgery in 2020, and Health Minister Tyler Shandro says it starts in about two weeks with the release of a report expected to be the blueprint for change.
“We committed to getting wait times down, so now we've got to figure out a way to do it. That's going to be the No. 1 thing,” Shandro said in a year-end interview.
“That going to, I think, recommend some significant changes in the relationship between AHS and the ministry,” said Shandro. A government-appointed panel, led by former Saskatchewan health minister Janice MacKinnon, has said rising health costs need to be addressed and that Alberta is comparatively getting substandard outcomes for the money it pays.
Shandro says the change is needed to make those consultations more effective, but some doctors have said that will force them to cut other consultations to as little as 10 minutes, potentially compromising care, in order to recoup the funds needed to keep their practice going. “The consultation is an end-run around negotiations for many of the proposals that legitimately belong at the negotiating table and must remain there,” Molnar said in an open letter to members Dec. 9.
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