Prairie North CEO hopes health care authority review happens soon
The CEO of the Prairie North Health Region hopes a review of health care delivery provides some answers, while not taking too long.
The provincial government’s 2016-17 budget announced a commission will be appointed to review the current system of 12 regional health authorities, and whether that number should be reduced.
“It is a fair initiative,” David Fan said. “I think it is needed from time to time, to allow us to examine how we have been delivering care, how are we structured, is it doing what it is supposed to do?”
In addition to questions about the number of health regions, he hopes it can address whether there are some services that would be more logically delivered on a province-wide basis, or if there are better ways to provide them.