AHS launches new Five-year Health Plan
Posted Nov 30, 2010 3:32 pm.
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Alberta Health Services has launched a new five year health plan boasting reduced surgery wait times, faster access to cancer treatments and more beds in hospitals.
Also included in the new document are faster treatment goals for emergency rooms.
90 per cent of patients in emergency rooms needing long-term hospital care are to be treated and admitted within eight hours.
For less serious cases, 90 per cent of patients should be treated and released within four hours.
The document claims Albertan’s will be able to track the success of new targets online.
Other highlights of the five year plan include:
– 60 per cent reduction in wait times for hip surgery
– 70 per cent reduction in wait times for access to radiation oncologist’s
– more spaces for continuing care, 68 per cent increase in the number of people moved into a community care setting
The plan also includes short and long-term goals.
By March 2012:
– 360 more hospital beds and 3-thousand more surgeries
– 23-hundred more continuing care spaces
– expansion of the HealthLink service
– 65 more mental health staff for schools and clinics
– the launching of ‘Wellness Forums’ involving community, business and health care leaders
By March 2015:
– two new radiation therapy centres (Red Deer and Grande Prairie
– another 3-thousand continuing care beds
– new programs promoting healthy eating and active living
For the complete five year plan visit www.health.alberta.ca
