Alberta Minister of Health Adriana LaGrange speaks at the opening of the emergency room at Peter Lougheed hospital in, Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. On Wednesday, she announced that the province will spend close to $60 million over the next three years to give doctors and nurses to help more people.
Nurse practitioners who open their own clinics will be able to offer care to patients who have not been able to access a family physician, says president of the Nurse Practitioner Association of Alberta.
"These immediate actions will help to address urgent pressures and strengthen primary health care, as well as improving access to family medicine," said LaGrange. Susan Prendergast, president of the Nurse Practitioner Association of Alberta, said the announcement marked a new direction in the province's health-care reform.
With the new government supports, Prendergast said that nurse practitioners who open their own clinics will be able to offer care to patients who have not been able to access a family physician.
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