This is a page from the 2023 Alberta general election.
Health & Healthcare platforms
Here's what the candidates in Edmonton-Decore, and their parties, are promising.Autism
We don't have any NDP policies on Autism.
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
We don't have any NDP policies on Drugs and addiction.
Gender-affirming care
We don't have any UCP policies on Gender-affirming care.
NDP
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Work with Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services to increase timely access to gender-affirming care
Health staffing
We don't have any UCP policies on 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
Healthcare availability
We don't have any UCP policies on Healthcare availability.
NDP
Hospitals
We don't have any UCP policies on 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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Mental health
UCP
We don't have any NDP policies on Mental health.
Natal care
UCP
We don't have any NDP policies on Natal care.
Primary care
Seniors' health and services
UCP
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Provide a 25% seniors' discount on personal registry services, campsite bookings, and medical driving tests
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
Sexual and reproductive health
We don't have any UCP policies on Sexual and reproductive health.
NDP
Women's health
UCP
We don't have any NDP policies on Women's health.