Alberta.ca Newsroom

The Diabetes Working Group held its first meeting to identify ways to improve diabetes care in the province.

Through the Health Care Action Plan (HCAP), Alberta Health Services has launched a new EMS-811 Shared Response program so every Albertan receives appropriate levels of care. 

Albertans will have access to thousands more publicly funded orthopedic surgeries at Calgary chartered surgical facilities as part of the Health Care Action Plan (HCAP).

Alberta’s first shipment of children’s liquid acetaminophen has arrived and will be distributed to hospitals across the province immediately.

Alberta’s government is committed to ensuring an ambulance is available to everyone where and when they need it. 

Alberta’s government is introducing a new program to free up ambulances and paramedics to respond to more emergency calls.

A 25 per cent increase to a program that subsidizes business costs, and changes to other support programs, will help physicians deal with inflation and keep practices open.

Alberta is providing the first Canadian access to Luxturna, a new gene therapy that treats a rare, inherited retinal dystrophy, which can lead to vision loss.

To combat the shortage of children’s pain and fever medicine, the province has secured five million bottles of children’s acetaminophen and ibuprofen for Alberta families.

Alberta’s government is ensuring doctors have stable and predictable funding so they can focus on providing high-quality health care.