A group of surgeons in an operating room at a hospital talk and prepare to operate.
The Alberta Medical Association president is calling on the provincial government to conduct provincewide health-care workforce planning as it pushes ahead with its sweeping restructuring plan.A group of surgeons in an operating room at a hospital talk and prepare to operate in this file photo.
"Without more staff, restructuring won't work," said Jackson, an RN and assistant professor in the faculty of nursing at the University of Calgary. " fractured ankles that need to be operated on can sit in hospitals for days because of OR capacity issues, workforce issues, access to anesthetists.… And that adds to the ER overcrowding," he said, noting this is just one example of the workforce troubles.
Dr. Paul Parks is president of the Alberta Medical Association. He says it's not clear who is leading the big provincial workforce planning. "Workforce forecasting and reporting will be a core ongoing component of future workforce planning approaches and will be integrated into the overall provincial workforce planning model and structures," the report said, noting this would be done collaboratively between Alberta Health Services and Alberta Health.
"We continue to work with health system stakeholders to identify strategies to attract and retain health-care workers in Alberta," Andrea Smith, press secretary to Health Minister Adriana LaGrange, said in an email.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Western Canada: Elections Alberta turns its eyes to Take Back Alberta and its leaderThe Globe and Mail offers the most authoritative news in Canada, featuring national and international news
Read more »
Elections Alberta investigating finances of conservative group Take Back AlbertaThe organization’s leader is refusing to provide the group’s donor list, calls the investigation a ‘fishing expedition’
Read more »
Alberta health minister pledges to fix 'huge gap' in post-hospital discharge systemHealth Minister Adriana LaGrange, left, and Seniors, Community and Social Services Minister Jason Nixon, right, address questions about Contentment Social Services on March 25, 2024.
Read more »
Alberta scientists band together to shift climate change focus to health impactsBodies and minds are just as affected by climate change as sea ice and forests, says University of Alberta scientist Sherilee Harper.
Read more »
Alberta scientists band together to shift climate change focus to health impactsBodies and minds are just as affected by climate change as sea ice and forests, says University of Alberta scientist Sherilee Harper.
Read more »
University of Alberta Creates Hub to Address Climate Change as a Threat to Human HealthMore than 30 scholars and scientists from the University of Alberta are creating a university hub to shift the view of climate change from an environmental problem to a threat to human health. The hub aims to highlight the impact of climate change on human health, including the damage caused by wildfire smoke.
Read more »