Leading doctors and health professionals say that while health care in Canada needs an infusion of cash, it also needs major reforms and a new way to deliver care. Canada has a well-documented shortage of doctors and nurses — a problem made worse, doctors say, by the increasing administrative burden they face. And … a lot of the funding that comes and goes into the health system is temporary money." Changing how health care is deliveredThe burden on the hospital system could be significantly reduced, doctors say, if more health care services were delivered outside of a hospital setting. Doctors say that moving elective surgeries out of hospitals and into surgical centres would also help free up operating rooms for more urgent surgeries.

Source: CBC News January 02, 2023 20:19 UTC