Province investing millions to revamp Alberta's primary care structure
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The Alberta government says it will be investing millions to improve access to family doctors for all Albertans and tackle many of the challenges facing the province's physicians.
The Alberta government says it will be investing millions to improve access to family doctors for all Albertans and tackle many of the challenges facing the province's physicians.
Health Minister Adriana LaGrange made the announcement in Calgary on Wednesday after releasing recommendations that came out of the government's Modernizing Alberta's Primary Health Care System (MAPS) initiative.
"The Modernizing Alberta's Primary Health Care System reports clearly identify the challenges our system is facing, and their release signals this government's commitment to take immediate and ongoing action to support and stabilize primary health care in our province," LaGrange said.
"This is only the beginning. We will keep our sleeves rolled up and work with our partners across the whole health-care system to build a medium and long-term plan."
Six of the 11 recommendations made by the report will be implemented immediately to improve primary health-care services.
Some of those recommendations include:
Another four of 22 recommendations will be actioned to strengthen Indigenous health-care services, officials said.
