The Alberta Worker
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta recently released their fourth quarter Physician Resources in Alberta update for 2023. According to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta, there were 11,738 registered physicians at the end of December 2023. That’s a net increase of 130 over the previous quarter and a net increase […]
The more than 150 workers will see a reduction to wages, once you factor in inflation of 12–15%, despite being promised wage increases.
This is the largest number of communities that have lost their emergency departments since I started tracking closures in May 2021.
On top of that, he wants it done while minimizing the impact on frontline service delivery, which will be next to impossible.
Collectively, these communities lost their emergency departments for over 3,000 closure days.
November 2023 saw EMS responding to almost twice the number of drug responses than they did in October.
Another community lost its ambulatory care.
Public sector unions representing over 100,000 health care workers have expressed concern over letters they’ve received from AHS preceding contract talks in the new year.
The 15 workers are employed with LML Industrial Contractors.
Their previous contract expired 3 years ago.