S4 E17: Labour Shortages in the Healthcare Sector
The patient wasn’t in stable condition even before the pandemic hit. The prognosis for Canada’s healthcare system isn’t good – but there’s a cure. C.D. Howe Institute Fellow-in-Residence and Queen’s University Adjunct Professor Don Drummond joins registered nurse Jillian Gratton and host Michael Hainsworth to discuss.
Zhang, Wyonch – The Prescription Drug Gaps in Canada
To: Canadians Concerned About Pharmaceutical Access From: Tingting Zhang and Rosalie Wyonch Date: December 12, 2022 Re: The Prescription Drug Gaps in Canada A significant number of Canadians do not have adequate access to prescription drugs. Twenty one percent of adults surveyed in a new Statistics Canada report said they had no prescription drug coverage […] Drummond, Sinclair – Steps to a First Class Canadian Health Information System
From: Don Drummond and Duncan Sinclair To: Canada’s Ministers of Health Date: December 1, 2022 Re: Steps to a First Class Canadian Health Information System We argued yesterday that an essential first step for addressing the multiplicity of Canada’s “health system” problems is a high-quality national health information system. It would help discern the causes and dimensions of current […] Drummond, Sinclair – Information – the Key to Solving Health’s Problems
From: Don Drummond and Duncan Sinclair To: Canada’s Ministers of Health Date: November 30, 2022 Re: Information – the Key to Solving Health’s Problems The media is full of alarums about the problems of Canada’s so-called health “system” – crowded emergency rooms, increasingly inaccessible primary care, long wait times for nearly everything, “burned out” doctors and nurses, corridor medicine, […] Drummond, Sinclair – Troubles in Canada’s Health Workforce: What the Data are Saying
From: Don Drummond and Duncan Sinclair To: Canada’s Ministers of Health Date: November 10, 2022 Re: Troubles in Canada’s Health Workforce: What the Data are Saying Media reports abound with accounts of severe shortages of healthcare workers leading to cries of crisis, even collapse of the system, as Canadians suffer through long wait times for almost every facet of […] Wyonch, Zhang – Health Spending – The Latest Data.
From: Rosalie Wyonch and Tingting Zhang To: Canadians Health Spending Watchers Date: November 4, 2022 Re: Health Spending – The Latest Data. Canada spent more than $75 billion on COVID-19 healthcare response, the Canada Institute for Health Information reported yesterday in its annual National Health Expenditure Trends database that includes finalized 2020 spending and preliminary […] Troubles in Canada’s Health Workforce: The Why, the Where, and the Way Out of Shortages
COVID-19 has piled troubles on top of troubles for Canada’s health-care sector and its workforce. Some believe it to be in crisis, collapsing even, the result of a shortage of workers, who have become ill themselves, burned out, resigned or retired early, or the result of having too few educated and trained workers in the […] Saulnier, Adams – It’s Time to Unfreeze Canada’s Healthcare Reform Paralysis
From: Marcel Saulnier and Owen Adams To: Canadians Concerned About Healthcare Date: October 6, 2022 Re: It’s Time to Unfreeze Canada’s Healthcare Reform Paralysis “Paradigm Freeze” is the academic term that summarizes progress on healthcare reform in Canada over the past few decades. The Medicare program that affords universal access to Canadians remains much as the same as when […] S4 E11: Lives Put on Hold: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Canada’s Youth with Parisa Mahboubi
The economic fall-out of COVID-19 could be permanent for Canada’s youth. The Institute’s Parisa Mahboubi tells Michael Hainsworth they’ve been hit with a one-two punch of diminished education and poorer job prospects.
Zhang, Wyonch – Ontario’s Nursing Challenge: How Serious Is It?
From: Tingting Zhang and Rosalie Wyonch To: Ontario Ministry of Health Date: July 19, 2022 Re: Ontario’s Nursing Challenge: How Serious Is It? Nursing understaffing is not a new problem in Ontario, but it is getting worse. Research has shown that the service gap in nursing was alarming before COVID-19. For decades, Ontario has had […] S4 E10: Going Dutch: Choice, Competition and Equity in Healthcare with Rosalie Wyonch
COVID-19 has shone a spotlight on the continuing collapse of Canada’s healthcare system. But the pandemic is only a symptom of an underlying problem. The C.D. Howe Institute’s Rosalie Wyonch tells C.D. Howe Institute Podcast host Michael Hainsworth that bold changes are needed – and we can look to the Dutch model for inspiration. Read […] Grootendorst, Moradpour – Resurrecting Connaught Labs not the Answer for Vaccine Self-Sufficiency
From: Paul Grootendorst and Javad Moradpour To: Public Health Agency of Canada Date: July 14, 2022 Re: Resurrecting Connaught Labs not the Answer for Vaccine Self-Sufficiency The COVID-19 pandemic has focused attention on Canada’s preparedness for the next pandemic, especially in terms of vaccine development and self-sufficiency. The mad scramble for vaccines early last year led many politicians, […]