Important healthcare thread
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Dr. Jane Philpott was played by the Ontario Conservatives.

Reading this should make us want to review provincial jurisdiction and system level accountability.

We need a national citizens assembly on healthcare w/ a requirement to act on results.
#cdnhealth #cdnpoli

Foundation proposes national policy agenda on menopause, Tavia Grant reports. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #Menopause

N.L.'s new health minister says negotiating a federal pharmacare deal is a top 'priority', Mark Quinn reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth

Canada is great at inventing next-generation therapies. But can we actually get them to patients?

By Cate Murray. canadahealthwatch.ca/2026/10/01/c... #CdnHealth

How Ontario’s private clinics are draining taxpayer dollars and staff from public health care, Iris Gorfinkel reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth

Healthcare workers are increasingly facing anger, hostility, and threats on the job. But hospitals cannot fix this problem alone.The federal government can stand behind #healthworkers and pass #BillS233.

Our op-ed: www.hospitalnews.com/caring-shoul...

#cdnpoli #cdnhealth #workplaceviolence

Eby calls an election and health care gets benched, again, Martin McMahon writes. Read this article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth

Not adding up: Surgical and diagnostic privatization in Ontario.

By Andrew Longhurst. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth

Dementia turned her husband into a violent stranger. Inside a Toronto family’s nightmare, Kevin Jiang reports. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #Dementia

Employees in Manitoba no longer need sick notes for short absences, The Canadian Press reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth

Canadians embrace AI in health care, but not U.S.-based tools, Graham Richardson reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #DigitalHealth

Patients switching to Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy pill from shots lose more weight in real-world study, Patrick Wingrove reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth

A healthy Arctic is the foundation of Canada’s future as an Arctic power, Natan Obed reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth

Today, we honour residential school survivors, their families, communities, & remember the children who never returned home.

We recognize our responsibility to continue to listen, learn, & help advance safer, equitable, & respectful care for all.

#NDTR
#TruthAndReconciliation
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#OntarioNews #Healthcare - Contrary to pro-Trump premier #DougFord's rhetoric, since 2008 he underfunded the healthcare system by roughly $3.5 BILLION resulting to wait times for most priority surgeries in Ontario increased, Eleanor Yuneun Park reports.
canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth.#WaitTimes

As federal budget nears, Canada’s health ministers to meet to talk funding, Sarah Ritchie reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth

Wait times for most priority surgeries in Ontario have increased since 2017, Eleanor Yuneun Park reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth.#WaitTimes

Caregivers deserve an update on a national strategy, Lorin MacDonald reports. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth

Plasma collection in Canada is a bloody mess that needs fixing, André Picard writes. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth

Loblaw's PC Health launches chatbot as more people turn to AI for health info. Here's what to know, Nicole Ireland reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #DigitalHealth