The “not for profit” model is working perfectly.

Express- Wes Streeting faces backlash amid six-figure ‘gold-plated and unfunded’ NHS pensions

More than 3,000 former NHS workers are now getting paid in excess of £100,000 annually, which is ten times more than a decade ago.

Globe and Mail- Manitoba health official asked why he wasn’t told sooner of death in Winnipeg ER, internal e-mails show

Scott Sinclair, second to Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara, said in internal e-mails that he learned of the death of 49-year-old Chad Christopher Giffin hours after it occurred and had been reported in the media. Mr. Giffin, who was triaged as not urgent and waited eight hours for care, died on Jan. 7 at the Health Sciences Centre, Manitoba’s largest hospital.

Toronto Star- Surge of U.S. doctors looking to Canada amid Trump turmoil

National Post- Inside Canada’s shockingly violent hospitals

Who or what is to blame? There are many factors. An increasingly hostile and toxic world. A distressed, overcrowded and understaffed medical system that’s led to dangerous waits for care and boiling frustrations. Violent patient behaviours driven by drugs, psychosis and dementia. And inconsistent or inadequate security in hospitals, with no real accountability for the laxity.

Sun- Debbie’s Law warns surgery patients when wait-time exceeds guidelines

In simple terms, health authorities would be required to tell patients when they will not get treatment within the guidelines for their condition. It’s just a few keystrokes on a computer, and maybe a text to a cellphone, to make patients aware.

Colleen also believes that “at the very least, our health care regions should track details on waiting lists relentlessly,” including those who die while on the lists.

In Manitoba, no such data is collected. Neither the former PC government or current NDP administration have a good excuse why it hasn’t been, except to suppress public outrage.

National Post- B.C. man’s lung transplant cancelled last-minute due to specialist shortage

Best healthcare system in the world.

Michael Campbell’s Money Talks- Shocking Stat of The Week

Blacklock’s- Wanted: 68,564 Medical Staff

Researchers concluded the nation was short 68,564 health care professionals including 22,823 doctors and 41,584 nurses. Shortages of pharmacists and physiotherapists were also noted.

“Overall there are substantial gaps across all study in-scope health professions,” said Health Workforce. “Relative gaps to the population consistently identify larger gaps in rural areas compared to urban areas particularly for family physicians.”

Francisco- That’s not the only problem.

National Post- Canada’s doctors can’t practise anywhere in the country due to interprovincial barriers

When dozens of hospital patients were evacuated by military flight out of Yellowknife as the wildfires approached in the summer of 2023, the doctors who accompanied them couldn’t care for their patients once the aircraft landed, because they didn’t have licences to practice in British Columbia or other jurisdictions.

CTV- Health-care system audits show worsened patient care, governance failures: Manitoba government

“If the disease in our health-care system is a culture of dysfunction, then the symptom of that disease is fiscal mismanagement,” the health minister said. “Over and over again, health authorities are spending their resources on the wrong things.”

Global- 1.2 million British Columbians are currently waiting to see a specialist: survey

The Consultant Specialists of BC in partnership with Doctors of BC surveyed 1,000 specialists and said the results exposed a “waitlist crisis that is severely compromising the health and well-being of British Columbians.”