Health Policy News

Alberta Health was the target of 135 new lobbying registrations this year, more than any other provincial ministry.

Around midday, Montreal General Hospital was at 213% ER capacity; the Jewish General Hospital was reporting 209% capacity; and the Royal Victoria Hospital, part of the McGill University Health Centre, was listed at 203%.

The Progressive Conservative government recently fast-tracked legislation banning supervised consumption sites from operating within 200 metres of a school or daycare.

The four part video series explores policy evolution, prescribing authority and funding models for pharmacy-based vaccinations across seven countries.

Canada’s only confirmed H5N1 patient—a teen in B.C.—was severely ill and hospitalized in November. Health officials there have still not been able to determine how the teen got infected.

The fee, which is being implemented to pharmacies but not to prescribers, places unnecessary financial burdens on pharmacies, according to the CPhA.

From tackling the physician shortage to balancing public and private healthcare, Dr. Joss Reimer sits down with the Medical Post for a year-end interview.

The family is seeking damages for alleged wrongful death as well as a declaration that the man’s Charter rights were breached and that the MAID framework is invalid and unconstitutional.