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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (5052)	5/8/2005 1:41:06 AM
From: fresc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37613

No matter what restrictions you put on anything it is still never going to be 100%. I live in Winnipeg, where it is usually the murder Capital of Canada. LOL, what a joke! Thats about 25 murders a year and 90% of those are in the same area. 2 or 3 are with guns. Yup its a scary city? Health system is getting better, Government is putting billions back into the system,ETC. It takes time.... RELAX!

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (5052)	5/8/2005 1:54:09 AM
From: fresc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37613

Reducing Wait Times and Improving Access All jurisdictions have taken concrete steps to address wait times. Building on this, First Ministers commit to achieve meaningful reductions in wait times in priority areas such as cancer, heart, diagnostic imaging, joint replacements, and sight restoration by March 31, 2007, recognizing the different starting points, priorities, and strategies across jurisdictions. The Wait Times Reduction Fund will augment existing provincial and territorial investments and assist jurisdictions in their diverse initiatives to reduce wait times. This Fund will primarily be used for jurisdictional priorities such as training and hiring more health professionals, clearing backlogs, building capacity for regional centres of excellence, expanding appropriate ambulatory and community care programs and/or tools to manage wait times. First Ministers agree to collect and provide meaningful information to Canadians on progress made in reducing wait times, as follows: Each jurisdiction agrees to establish comparable indicators of access to health care professionals, diagnostic and treatment procedures with a report to their citizens to be developed by all jurisdictions by December 31, 2005. Evidence-based benchmarks for medically acceptable wait times starting with cancer, heart, diagnostic imaging procedures, joint replacements, and sight restoration will be established by December 31, 2005 through a process to be developed by Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers of Health. Multi-year targets to achieve priority benchmarks will be established by each jurisdiction by December 31, 2007. Provinces and territories will report annually to their citizens on their progress in meeting their multi-year wait time targets. The Canadian Institute for Health Information will report on progress on wait times across jurisdictions. Strategic Health Human Resource (HHR) Action Plans There is a need to increase supply of health care professionals in Canada, including doctors, nurses, pharmacists and technologists. These shortages are particularly acute in some parts of the country. As part of efforts to reduce wait times, First Ministers agree to continue and accelerate their work on Health Human Resources action plans and/or initiatives to ensure an adequate supply and appropriate mix of health care professionals. These plans and initiatives will build on current work in the area of health labour relations, interdisciplinary training, investments in post-secondary education, and credentialing of health professionals. Recognizing the important contribution of health care providers in facilitating reforms, First Ministers commit to involving them in their work in this area. To facilitate better planning and management of HHR, First Ministers acknowledge the need to foster closer collaboration among health, post-secondary education and labour market sectors. Federal, Provincial and Territorial governments agree to increase the supply of health professionals, based on their assessment of the gaps and to make their action plans public, including targets for the training, recruitment and retention of professionals by December 31, 2005. Federal, Provincial and Territorial governments will make these commitments public and regularly report on progress. The federal government commits to: accelerate and expand the assessment and integration of internationally trained health care graduates for participating governments; targeted efforts in support of Aboriginal communities and Official Languages Minority Communities to increase the supply of health care professionals for these communities; measures to reduce the financial burden on students in specific health education programs; and participate in health human resource planning with interested jurisdictions.