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Mental Health Strategy for Canada
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Nov. 23, 2010
The release of Toward Recovery and Well-Being: A Framework for a Mental Health Strategy for Canada in November 2009 marked the end of the first phase of the work of the Mental Health Commission of Canada to develop a mental health strategy for the country. This framework sets out seven goals for WHAT a transformed mental health system – one that will enable everyone living in Canada to have the opportunity to achieve the best possible mental health and wellbeing – should look like.
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Is there a medicare task force in the house?
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Dec. 14, 2010
We need to deliver more services outside hospitals in specialty clinics, whether these are publicly or privately operated. We must accelerate the rate of primary care reform. We need to create more long-term care beds to stop tying up acute care beds with people who do not need acute care services… with an increasingly aging population, we need incentives for families to provide home care for elderly relatives, easing the burden on long-care institutions… And our licensing procedure and rules around scope of practice need to become more flexible and reflect modern reality.
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