Someone please inform the Alberta government that more episodic (urgent) care is not what Alberta needs

The evidence is clear that ongoing care with a consistent team improves outcomes, reduces hospital use, lowers costs

🚨The urgent care model is an invention of US for-profits🚨

Oh look. Same story in New Zealand.

A new Senate report finds that private equity investors have earned millions by wringing profits out of hospitals, leading to worse outcomes for patients and providers.

It's yet another example of how private equity is looting America.

“For-profit providers are being paid inflated prices to deliver the easiest, most profitable procedures at the expense of our public hospitals. The consequence is what we’re seeing in cancer surgical care. You’re seeing those wait times balloon...and they have very real effects on people’s lives.”

The SHA and Labour Conference have spoken out repeatedly against NHS privatisation. Listen Wes, listen!

“If they truly want to rebuild the NHS in the way they say, they need radical reinvestment in our public service. They need to stop funnelling money into the private sector that could be spent rebuilding public capacity.”

I told The Big Issue this ⬆️
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