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This week\u2019s edition of who is saying what about public health care is compiled by Pat Van Horne.<\/p>\n

Residents in Toronto long-term care homes died from dehydration and neglect<\/p>\n

\u201cThe allegation of deaths because of dehydration is \u2018not only troubling but potentially criminal,\u2019 Amber Irwin, a spokeswoman for Long-Term Care Minister Merrilee Fullerton, said in an email to the Globe and Mail,<\/a> July 17, 2025. \u201cOpposition Leader Andrea Horwath wrote to the Ontario Provincial Police last week, asking it to review whether the commission\u2019s findings \u2018constitute a case for criminal charges.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Carney needs to put seniors\u2019 lives ahead of corporate profits and introduce a Safe Long-Term Care Act: NDP<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Liberals promised long-term care workers, residents, and their families that they would improve funding for long-term and seniors\u2019 care. Instead, they have failed\u2014by underfunding health care and protecting the profits of large corporations and wealthy shareholders. . . New Democrats are calling on Mark Carney to change course: to put seniors\u2019 lives ahead of corporate profits and to introduce a Safe Long-Term Care Act so we can finally deliver the care seniors deserve,\u201d said NDP health critic Gord Johns, The Hill Times<\/a>, July 22, 2025<\/p>\n

Good health is good policy \u2013 everywhere<\/p>\n

\u201cGood health outcomes enable education, foster inclusive economic growth, reduce inequality, and help build peaceful societies. With the UN General Assembly and other multilateral gatherings on the horizon this fall, the timing is right to align G7 leadership with the ambition of the 17 sustainable development goals. . . Canada has an opportunity to close that gap. That includes expanding support for comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care, and ensuring that adolescent health needs are no longer an afterthought. These are not fringe issues. They are central to the well-being of communities and the resilience of systems,\u201d said Charmaine Crockett, Interim CEO of the Canadian Partnership for Women and Children\u2019s Health, The Hill Times<\/a>, July 14, 2025<\/p>\n

BC racking up health care recruitment from US and elsewhere<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than 2,250 doctors, nurses and other health professionals have signed up for webinars and expressed interest in working in BC since March. . .Bylaw changes implemented by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. (in July) mean U.S.-trained doctors can become fully licensed in BC, without further assessment if they hold certifications from various American medical boards. . .The college is also considering more changes that would give internationally-trained physicians a pathway to practise, if they completed a minimum of two years of postgraduate training in family medicine in the United States, Australia, United Kingdom or Ireland,\u201d said a report by Winnipeg Free Press<\/a>, July 16, 2025<\/p>\n

Patented Medicines Prices Review Board clarifies new mandate<\/p>\n

Q: The guidelines have streamlined the process for the pharmaceutical sector, but how does it strike the balance of protecting Canadians from excessive prices versus making pharma companies\u2019 lives easier?<\/p>\n

A: \u201cThe Patented Medicine Prices Review Board\u2019s mandate is to monitor price. It\u2019s not to set prices, it\u2019s not to regulate; it\u2019s to monitor pricing and intervene only where there\u2019s potentially a problem. \u2026 So, in establishing triggers through the Highest International Price (HIP) or the Consumer Price Index(CPI), it enables the PMPRB to focus its resources only where there\u2019s potentially a problem,\u201d said Guillaume Couillard, PMPRB Director General,\u00a0 The Hill Times<\/a>, July 20, 2025<\/p>\n

Mental health care should reflect cultural realities<\/p>\n

\u201cImmigrant and refugee populations are significantly less likely<\/a>\u00a0to seek mental health services compared to their Canadian-born counterparts. Cultural barriers including stigma, language and unfamiliarity with Western mental health frameworks are\u00a0key deterrents from seeking care<\/a>,\u201d said\u00a0Imeth Illamperuma<\/a>, researcher at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), McMaster University\u2019s Department of Medicine and Boston University\u2019s Department of Medicine, Healthy Debate<\/a>, July 14, 2025. For more, read Chapter 2 Culture Counts: The Influence of Culture and Society on Mental Health \u2013 Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity \u2013 NCBI Bookshelf<\/a><\/p>\n

Health care costs six times higher for the \u2018unhoused\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThe health-care costs for unhoused people are six times higher than those of housed individuals, even after accounting for health history.\u00a0Clearing encampments only increases the risk that medications and other belongings will be lost or thrown out. . .It\u2019s no wonder that people living without a home die far sooner. A woman typically perishes five decades earlier, succumbing at the age 36 instead of 85. Men typically die at 50 instead of 78. It\u2019s unclear how many are \u201cdeaths of despair\u201d \u2014 fatalities resulting from suicide, drug overdose or substance use. A Toronto study found that homelessness raised the risk of suicide tenfold over the housed population,\u201d said Dr. Iris Gorfinkel, family physician and clinical researcher, Toronto Star<\/a>, July 17, 2025<\/p>\n

\"\"Pat Van Horne represents the United Steelworkers on the Canadian Health Coalition\u2019s Board of Directors. She compiles the weekly Health files for the coalition\u2019s e-newsletter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s edition of who is saying what about public health care is compiled by Pat Van Horne.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,84,392],"class_list":["post-21759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}