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Very sad to hear the news of clinical layoffs @OakValleyHealth today. This included frontline ED PAs who risked their lives and were redeployed to care for patients during COVID. Now they’re being laid off in a collapsing healthcare system. Unacceptable. #Healthcare #onpoli

The reports of violence, arbitrary arrests, and intimidation tactics by the Iranian regime against its own people are profoundly concerning. Canada strongly condemns the killing of protesters, and urges Iran to allow for freedom of expression and peaceful assembly without fear of

When a news cameraman met UHN neurosurgeon Dr. Mojgan Hodaie on assignment, she quickly recognized a tremor in his hands and he became her patient. Follow the journey from behind-the-camera, into the operating room in a @CTVNationalNews 3-part series: https://t.co/aMW4OWYv9C

From ST Elevation MI to Occlusion MI: the new paradigm shift in Acute Myocardial Infarction. New @JACCJournals #JACCAdvances state-of-the-art review with Jose Nunes de Alencar, @AslangerE, @PendellM and @smithECGBlog https://t.co/ccnX3at4X2

You pay me through your taxes about $230 to see a new complex patient. Out of that I cover staff, rent, all overhead. Totally fair amount. I am not asking for more. Money isn’t the rate limiting step leading to a giant waiting list and patient care delays. Time and volume is the

It's Living Donation Week in Canada 💚 This year, Christine Bruce, Senior Director of the Laboratory Medicine Program at UHN, reflects on her experience donating an organ to "forever change" the life of someone else. Read more about Christine's story 👇 https://t.co/1OD6hCsCTr

📣 The first job posting for PAs in BC! A monumental moment 👏👏👏 #BCNeedsPAs @CAPA_ACAM @VanIslandHealth @saanichnews @adriandix @Dave_Eby @bcndp @cpsbc_ca @DoctorsOfBC @PAsofBC @RCC_bc @BC_GP_Shortage @EmergencyCareBC @SoniaFurstenau @shirleybond https://t.co/2gDYSFfo8x

The health system is really struggling. I’m really struggling. The patient volumes are like nothing I have seen in almost 20 years of practice. We are burning out and the quality of care is suffering. It is not sustainable or safe. Empower physicians to hire teams. Not complex

When an elderly person says “I just don’t feel right”, they are having a medical emergency until proven otherwise. Trust me on this one.

I’m triaging referrals right now and it’s so apparent we have huge challenges in our health system. Most of these referrals are urgent. Blood counts in the 80’s. Worsening ischemic chest pain. 40 lbs of weight loss from a suspected cancer. The list goes on. There are over 60 of

@BCNeedsPAs - can’t imagine how you are feeling atm!!

Wow! This has been in the works for over a decade! Incredible advocacy/persistence @CAPA_ACAM and all the various stakeholders who’ve continued to advocate for this.

🚨Fantastic news out of B.C.!🚨 The British Columbia government has announced their intent to move forward to allow PAs in emergency room departments. This is a fantastic move forward that will help ease pressure on the health system! Read more:  https://t.co/V6Y5wvpXGu

Innovative thinking is what will help provinces navigate our HHR challenges. Excellent work!

Fantastic news! Nova Scotia becomes first province in Canada to launch a pilot that could create framework to allow for financial sustainability of the PA profession! Read more: https://t.co/VTz5imx9CN

Wrapping up an awesome two days of VHF training with our ICU and ED team @UHN. Wonderful to see our inter-disciplinary team come together to be better prepared. #emergencypreparedness #teamworkmakesthedreamwork

Way to go @CAPA_ACAM and all PAs and PA supporters for your on going advocacy! This week, both @GovNL and @SKGov have committed to introducing PAs to help alleviate system pressures. Looking forward to soon having PAs across all provinces/territories! #CanadaNeedsPAs #cdnpoli

And while I'm all for efficiency...reducing staffing without a near term plan is shortsighted at best and dangerous at worst. A better tactic would be system level improvements first then slowly bridge to adjustments in staffing.

1/2: Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners will be assigned to provide care in emergency departments, & more NPs will be added to emergency rooms. The province said PAs, under the supervision of a doctor, can care for up to 62% of all patients in emergency departments.