ER Crisis

Ahead of a high-stakes health summit on Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the country’s health-care system is not working for Canadians and that his negotiations with premiers will focus on targeted investments aimed at…

As some provinces turn to the private sector to address pressures in the health-care system, a new poll suggests more Canadians than ever are open to the idea of private delivery of health care. The Ipsos poll conducted exclusively…

Canada’s 13 premiers say they “expect” to get a commitment from Ottawa to increase its share of health-care funding to 35 per cent, setting the stage for a possibly contentious first ministers’ meeting with Prime Minister Justin…

As Canadians reflect on the last year and make resolutions for 2023, physicians on the front lines of Canada’s ailing health system are also taking stock — and they say immediate and long-term action is needed to address systemic…

A lack of urgency to improve and expand access to mental health and addictions care across the country is contributing to the “crisis” in Canada’s emergency rooms, as mental health patients who need help often have nowhere to go but…

Health-care practitioners across Canada are closely watching a promised overhaul of British Columbia’s payment model for family doctors – changes that some say are a “step in the right direction” toward addressing a “crisis” in family…

Emergency room doctors say patients are experiencing “dangerous” wait times in ERs across the country and it’s time federal and provincial governments stop pointing fingers over the “crisis” in health care and instead come up with…

Emergency physician Dr. Raghu Venugopal doesn’t mince words when describing the realities his patients have been facing in the emergency departments in which he works in Toronto.“It’s really a dire situation,” he said after a recent…