Canada’s health care providers urge premiers to ensure health care remains a priority

As Canadians continue to struggle to access health care in a timely fashion, organizations representing physicians, nurses and hospitals across the country are calling on all premiers to ensure health system reform is on the agenda at their meetings next month in Winnipeg, Man.

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Dr. Annette Epp becomes president of SMA in ‘time of impending change’ in health care

Dr. Annette Epp, a gynecologist from Saskatoon, was elected president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) on Friday, May 5, during the 2023 Spring Representative Assembly (RA), held at Saskatoon’s Sheraton Cavalier.

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Saskatoon physician Dr. Annette Epp elected SMA president

On Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, 20 Saskatoon physicians – along with family and friends, and SMA chief executive officer Bonnie Brossart – prepared and served more than 800 bowls of chili as part of the Friendship Inn’s annual Love Your Neighbor Chili Cook-Off, sponsored by the Saskatoon Medical Staff Association (SMSA) along with others.

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Government and SMA announce changes designed to improve patient access and alleviate pressure on emergency rooms

By some estimates there are more than 200,000 people – or 1 in 6 Saskatchewan residents -- currently without a family physician. It is almost hard to believe. But it’s true. It’s also unacceptable.

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Saskatoon doctors supporting the community

On Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, 20 Saskatoon physicians – along with family and friends, and SMA chief executive officer Bonnie Brossart – prepared and served more than 800 bowls of chili as part of the Friendship Inn’s annual Love Your Neighbor Chili Cook-Off, sponsored by the Saskatoon Medical Staff Association (SMSA) along with others.

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Tracy Danylyshen-Laycock envisions interdisciplinary, team approach to supporting SK physicians

As Director of Continuing Care for the Saskatchewan Health Authority, Dr. Tracy Danylyshen-Laycock (PhD) saw the positive impact that a team approach – drawing on the expertise of psychiatrists, psychologists, care home aides, and nurses– had on long-term care residents.

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