Health cost cuts target cancer care and children's services
Victoria report outlines Liberal plan to save 70 million over three years by charging for drugs, cutting mammograms by 7000 and reducing admissions and surgeries at BC Cancer Agency and BC Children’s Hospital. Projections warn of longer waits, higher risk, and 1300 job losses, with ministers noncommittal.
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Paul Willcocks
SNS
Victoria
Provincial Health Services Authority
BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital
Hospital Employees’ Union
Freedom of Information Act
Colin Hansen
Sunshine Coast
NDP
Joy MacPhail
HEU
Chris Allnutt
BC Cancer Agency
B.C
Cancer Agency
BC Women’s and Children’s Hospital
B C health care ranked best and worst in Canada
Maclean's survey ranks 54 Canadian communities on health care. North and West Vancouver lead, while Prince George sits 52nd with weak scores on preventable illnesses and hospital admissions. Kelowna top non urban, Nanaimo near top half, Victoria third in its class.
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Paul Willcocks
SNS
Victoria
Canada
Vancouver
Prince George
Maclean’s Magazine
North
West Vancouver
Canadian Institute For Health Information
B.C
Kelowna
Nanaimo
Kamloops
Surrey
Chilliwack
Burnaby/Coquitlam
New West
Whittred flags seniors care cuts in BC
Long Term Care Minister Katherine Whittred warns about residential care closures in British Columbia. She asked deputy health minister Penny Ballem to raise five questions with health executives and stressed the need for a transition plan to protect residents, including keeping couples together whenever possible. The issue follows criticism over short notice bed closures and a Chilliwack couple split up amid a facility shutdown.
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Paul Willcocks
SNS
Victoria
Katherine Whittred
Whittred
Penny Ballem
Chilliwack
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