{"id":525904,"date":"2026-03-10T03:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T03:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/525904\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T03:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T03:14:11","slug":"manitoba-government-proposes-health-charter-but-opposition-questions-effectiveness-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/525904\/","title":{"rendered":"Manitoba government proposes health charter but Opposition questions effectiveness &#8211; Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Manitoba government is proposing a charter of patient care for people in the health system, one that outlines broadly worded principles with detailed plans to follow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The NDP government introduced a bill in the legislature Monday that, if passed, would lay out general principles for patient care, timely access, dignity, privacy and more. The government, regional health authorities and organizations that deliver front-line care would have to post statements outlining those values on a website and in some public places.<\/p>\n<p>The principles don\u2019t include details such as how long of a wait for treatment qualifies as timely access. Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara said further legislation in the coming weeks, such as a bill to set nurse-to-patient ratios, will fill in some of the details.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/healthiq.jpg\" alt=\"Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet weekly health news<\/p>\n<p>Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to be taking a number of steps by way of law that will really help cement the direction we are taking the health-care system,\u201d Asagwara told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The bill would also formalize the role of patient advocate, which already exists in some areas and who helps people with concerns about their care. The government, health authorities and organizations that deliver health care would be required to have patient advocacy officers and tell the public how the officers can be contacted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think what we\u2019re going to be saying to patients, first and foremost, is that if you have a concern, if you\u2019re looking for clarity, this is the person who can provide it for you,\u201d Asagwara said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Health<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd \u2026 this is the person who is accountable to you, should you have issues that aren\u2019t being addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Opposition Progressive Conservatives said the government has made many broad promises about improving health care that may not have any concrete effects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre we delivering resources to the front lines? Are we getting the wait times down?\u201d Tory Leader Obby Khan said.<\/p>\n<p>Wait times on Monday afternoon at three adult hospital emergency rooms in Winnipeg ranged from eight to 12 hours, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority\u2019s website indicated.<\/p>\n<p>The bill also proposes better information sharing between health authorities about reports into critical incidents where patients have been hurt or died.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Manitoba government is proposing a charter of patient care for people in the health system, one that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,84,714,22073],"class_list":["post-525904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-politics","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525904","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=525904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}