Some concerns from former AHS CEOs sworn affidavit 001🧵:
- from page 23
- Concern: govt did not budget HC for pop growth and inflation
- this is factual, and very important to understand
- the Premier even confirmed this during her budget announcement
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- from page 23
- Concern: govt did not budget HC for pop growth and inflation
- this is factual, and very important to understand
- the Premier even confirmed this during her budget announcement
1/10
Why is this important:
- our pop is BOOMING, and inflation is making it more expensive to provide HC
- govt isn't even doing its most basic duty = ensuring/insuring HC is adequately funded from yr to yr ("insuring" intentional as they are the health insurance provider!)
2/10
- our pop is BOOMING, and inflation is making it more expensive to provide HC
- govt isn't even doing its most basic duty = ensuring/insuring HC is adequately funded from yr to yr ("insuring" intentional as they are the health insurance provider!)
2/10
- so govt intentionally underfunded AHS (they are doing exact same thing with the Physician Services Budget = pot of money to pay docs to care for ALL pts in AB)
- dec funding to public delivered complex hosp care, and FORCE inc payments to private delivered community care
3/10
- dec funding to public delivered complex hosp care, and FORCE inc payments to private delivered community care
3/10
- and so as the hosp system CANNOT possibly provide adequate care being so underfunded, it becomes a feedback loop for govt to say "we need to move more funding away from hospitals as they suck"
The second key point raised in this one paragraph = Workforce Coordination:
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The second key point raised in this one paragraph = Workforce Coordination:
4/10
- point is raised that there is no govt concern about coordinating workforce within the HC system
- this is another critical theme within our current HC system: there is NO WORKFORCE PLAN, and no coordination
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- this is another critical theme within our current HC system: there is NO WORKFORCE PLAN, and no coordination
5/10
- as govt chops the HC system up into many fragments - competing for the same workforce - anybody paying attn would guess that workforce coordination would become a problem
- as but ONE well known ex: we do not have enough anesthesiologists to work in both Hosp and CSFs
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- as but ONE well known ex: we do not have enough anesthesiologists to work in both Hosp and CSFs
6/10
- I can personally confirm that despite >18mns of directly advocating for a workforce plan, dismantling and "refocusing" were govt's only priority and there is NO coordinated workforce plan for the entire HC system
7/10
7/10
- AHS used to try to do this planning... but it has been intentionally gutted by govt
- ACA can't yet functionally do this, and how would it even think about coordinating with the other Orgs who are also not functional and ready to do this? (HCWs work in multiple orgs)
8/10
- ACA can't yet functionally do this, and how would it even think about coordinating with the other Orgs who are also not functional and ready to do this? (HCWs work in multiple orgs)
8/10
The issues of intentional HC underfuding for pop growth and inflation, along with no workforce plan are two concerns that I and MANY of my HC expert colleagues share.
The former CEO appears to have also shared these concerns...
Why doesn't govt?
9/10
The former CEO appears to have also shared these concerns...
Why doesn't govt?
9/10
I'll highlight more of my thoughts from this document in the days to come.
But in the meantime I'd encourage everyone to have a read and become informed on this critical topic:
10/10buff.ly/P6oubtk
But in the meantime I'd encourage everyone to have a read and become informed on this critical topic:
10/10buff.ly/P6oubtk
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