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For Immediate Release
January 26, 2012 Health Network to hold Town Hall in Truro on 2014 Health Accord Halifax, NS – The Nova Scotia Citizens’ Health Care Network will hold a town hall meeting in Truro on Thursday, January 24 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at the Best Western Glengarry. This is the fifth town hall organized by the Health Network about the Accord. The meeting is co-sponsored by CUPE 2525, representing front-line health care workers in Colchester. “The meeting is designed to provide people with some information about the 2014 Health Accord negotiations that are ongoing,” says Kyle Buott, Coordinator of the Health Network. “The federal government announced they will be reducing funding for public health care after 2017 - this is a call to action.” |
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Town Halls in Bridgewater, Truro, Berwick and Tatamagouche on 2014 Health Accord The Nova Scotia Citizens' Health Care Network invites the public to attend several town hall forum on the 2014 Health Accord in Bridgewater, Truro, Berwick and Tatamagouche.
The Health Accord is a negotiated agreement between the provincial, territorial and federal governments on funding for public health care into the future. The federal government has announced they will be unilaterally reducing funding for public health care after 2017, with major implications for our province.
BRIDGEWATER TOWNHALL
Where: Girl Guide Cabin, 93 Dominion Street in Bridgewater
When: Thursday, January 19, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm TRURO TOWNHALL Where: Best Western Glengarry in Truro
When: Thursday, January 26th, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm BERWICK TOWNHALL Where: Berwick Fire Hall When: Wednesday, February 1st, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm TATMAGOUCHE TOWNHALL Where: Tatamagouche Fire Hall
When: Monday, February 13th, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
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For Immediate Release
January 3, 2012 More patients may get hospital-acquired infections due to Harper’s $21 billion cut to public health care Halifax, NS – Years of divestment in public health care is making patients sicker in our hospitals, says the Nova Scotia Citizens’ Health Care Network. For years politicians have decided to restrict funding for cleaning and maintenance in our public hospitals. As a result, we are seeing outbreak of hospital-acquired infections like C. difficile in Cape Breton. Federal cuts to public health care will only make the situation worse. Add to these cuts the proposed three percent cuts to District Health Authorities at the provincial level and patients should be very concerned for the future of public health care. “Stephen Harper’s $21 billion in cuts to public health care may result in more patients getting sick from hospital-acquired infections like C. difficile,” says Kyle Buott, Coordinator of the Health Network. “Nova Scotians must demand better from the federal government.” |
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For Immediate Release January 23, 2012 Health Network Endorses Canadian Federation of Students Day of Action
Calls for Health Human Resources Plan Halifax, NS – The Nova Scotia Citizens’ Health Care Network has endorsed the Canadian Federation of Students National Day of Student Action on Wednesday, February 1st. The Health Network believes the cuts to university operating grants and increases in student fees will result in fewer health care workers here in Nova Scotia as debt loads drive young workers away. “Cuts to post-secondary education and increases in student fees will make it even more difficult to train the health care workers which Nova Scotia will need in the future,” Kyle Buott, Coordinator of the Health Network.. “The Nova Scotia Citizens’ Health Care Network is pleased to endorse this Day of Action.” |
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For Immediate Release
January 6, 2012 Funding Cuts to Post-Secondary Mean Fewer Health Care Workers Halifax, NS – Rising tuition fees and reductions in university operating grants will have a negative impact on our province’s efforts to train, recruit and retain health care workers, says the Nova Scotia Citizens’ Health Care Network. As student fees increase, health education will become out of reach for more Nova Scotians. “Canada remains one of the only industrialized countries without a national plan for training and retaining health care workers,” says Kyle Buott, Coordinator of the Health Network. “Nova Scotia also lacks a plan to train the health care workers we will need in the future. Increasing student fees is a step backward.” |
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For Immediate Release
December 20, 2011 Harper Government is Cutting Medicare Funding Halifax, NS – Stephen Harper and Jim Flaherty are cutting funding for public health care by $21 billion over eight years from 2016-2024. That’s the Christmas gift awaiting millions of Canadians who will find their public health care system under-funded and unable to meet their needs, says the Nova Scotia Citizens’ Health Care Network. “The Conservatives have unilaterally decided to cut funding for Medicare by about $21 billion over the course of the next Health Accord,” says Kyle Buott, Coordinator of the Health Network. “Without any negotiations, or even discussions, with the provinces, the Conservatives have decided to hack away at funding for public health care.”
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