This is a page from the 2023 Alberta general election.
Health & Healthcare platforms
Here's what the candidates in Calgary-Edgemont, and their parties, are promising.We don't have any NDP policies on Autism.
Dental care and optometry
We don't have any NDP policies on Dental care and optometry.
We don't have any UCP policies on Dental care and optometry.
SM
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Look at ways to include these benefits into existing AHC for all.
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Nobody should go without dental care
Drugs and addiction
We don't have any NDP policies on Drugs and addiction.
UCP
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Spend $6M over two years to create sheriff-led teams targeting gun smuggling and fentanyl trafficking at the border
Allen Schultz
AP candidate in your district-
Develop a comprehensive harm reduction strategy to augment addiction recovery and suicide prevention
SM
Gender-affirming care
Health staffing
NDP
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Offer $10K signing bonuses to doctors, nurses, and other health professionals
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Create 10K more post-secondary healthcare spaces
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Protect healthcare jobs and retain health care workers who already work in Alberta
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Offer incentives for working in rural or remote communities
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Double the number of residency spaces that international medical graduates are eligible for, and remove bi-annual language exams if graduates are working in English
We don't have any UCP policies on Health staffing.
Allen Schultz
AP candidate in your district-
Collaborate with Dr’s, Nurses, Paramedics and other allied health workers to improve working conditions and retain staff - Mental health supports - address burnout and mental strain root causes
SM
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Rehire non-jabbed with no requirements to take any unwanted medical treatment.
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Recruit Healthcare professionals from across the country
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Fast-track current backlog of 69,000 surgeries
Healthcare availability
NDP
We don't have any UCP policies on Healthcare availability.
Hospitals
NDP
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Plan a North Calgary Health Campus
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Create a cardiac catheterisation lab at the Chinook Regional Hospital
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Create an Alberta Cancer Innovation Hub
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Fund a new X-Ray machine in Morinville
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"This includes the South Edmonton Hospital, Red Deer Hospital, staffing the Calgary Cancer Centre and Grand Prairie Hospital, planning for a North Calgary Health Campus, a new Stollery Children’s Hospital serving Edmonton all of Northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories, a Cardiac Catheterization Lab at the Chinook Regional Hospital, and a new X-Ray machine in Morinville."
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We don't have any UCP policies on Hospitals.
Mental health
We don't have any NDP policies on Mental health.
UCP
Allen Schultz
AP candidate in your district-
Mental health is health care and should be funded as such
Natal care
We don't have any NDP policies on Natal care.
UCP
Primary care
NDP
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Create Family Health Teams including doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals, commit $400M to hire 4,000 allied health professionals, and invest $350M to establish 40 family health clinics
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Provide secure, polycarbonate health cards to every Albertan
UCP
Allen Schultz
AP candidate in your district-
Fund a plan to ensure every Albertan has access to a family physician
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Invest in prevention to keep Albertan’s out of acute care
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De-centralize decision making and invest any new money for more front line resources
Rural healthcare
We don't have any NDP policies on Rural healthcare.
We don't have any UCP policies on Rural healthcare.
Allen Schultz
AP candidate in your district-
Create a rural/Indigenous Pre-Med program
Seniors' health and services
NDP
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Increase homecare by 20K more clients over the next 4 years
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Support organisations that help seniors with snow shoveling, yard care, transportation, and meal prep
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Cover drivers medical exams
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Reverse cuts to rental assistance
UCP
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Provide a 25% seniors' discount on personal registry services, campsite bookings, and medical driving tests
Allen Schultz
AP candidate in your district-
Enhanced support for seniors and community housing operators.
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Adopt and fund a minimum 4hours of care for assisted living and higher
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Collaborate with senior housing industry and continuing and long term care providers to implement innovation and efficiencies.
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Develop a caregiver tax credit to support in home care services provided by family
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Develop caregiver Income supports to offset lost earnings when their focus must shift away from regular employment as care support
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Create a plan to fund tenant supports that allow individuals to maintain housing and wellness as independently as possible
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Move the responsibility for home care to the seniors ministry so we can focus on preventative care and keeping them in as independent setting as possible
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An integrated, wholistic, person-centered system where all components work together to provide the right support, in the right place, at the right time
Sexual and reproductive health
Training
We don't have any NDP policies on Training.
We don't have any UCP policies on Training.
Allen Schultz
AP candidate in your district-
Double the seats for all allied health professional training in Alberta
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Increase residency spaces for both foreign trained and Canadian trained Doctors
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Improve financial incentives for: - Family medicine doctors and medical practitioners - Rural doctors and medical practitioners
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Create more efficient certification pathways for foreign trained health care workers
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Allow Nurse Practitioners and others to be realizing their full scopes of practice in a team environment by reforming billing rules
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Address EMS staffing issues to resolve response times
Women's health
We don't have any NDP policies on Women's health.