Day: March 23, 2017

April 7th Care to Chat: be sure to register today!

With the announcement of theĀ 2017 federal budgetĀ on March 22ndĀ and a commitment of tens of millions of dollars into new skills training and employment initiatives, now is the time to discuss recruitment and employee retention for the care sector. In addition, a renewed Canada/B.C. health agreement was established on February 17th which proclaimed a $785.7 million […]

Why more hospital beds is not the answer to emergency room overcrowding

Daniel Fontaine on Global BC News Hour

The subject of emergency room overcrowding, and scenes of frail or elderly patients lying in beds parked in hallways is always guaranteed to garner headlines, and a strong reaction fromĀ the public. The typical message is that we need to pour more dollars into making even more hospital beds available. Even when tens of millions of […]