Media advisory The Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, will make an announcement about the Canadian Dental Care Plan. August 6, 2024, Ottawa, ON – The Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, will make an announcement about the Canadian Dental Care Plan. There will be a media availability following the announcement. Date August 7, 2024…

Media advisory The Honourable Ya’ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, and the Honourable Rechie Valdez, Minister of Small Business, on behalf of the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, will make an important announcement about affordable housing in the Durham Region. July 31, 2024, Oshawa,…

Advisory Committee provides advice and guidance to enhance appropriate prescribing and use of prescription medications in Canada July 26, 2024 | Ottawa, Ontario | Health Canada       Today, the Government of Canada released the final report from the Canadian Drug Agency Transition Office’s Appropriate Use Advisory Committee (Advisory Committee) on the appropriate use of medications.…

Backgrounder The Government of Canada and the Government of British Columbia signed an amendment to the Aging with Dignity Agreement, providing British Columbia access more than $232 million in new funding to support Personal Support Workers (PSWs), also referred to as Health Care Assistants (HCAs) in BC. This funding is being provided over five years…

Backgrounder The Governments of Canada and British Columbia (BC) signed the National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases (DRD) agreement to invest a total amount of $194 million over three years to improve access to new drugs for rare diseases for its residents and to support enhanced access to existing drugs, early diagnosis, and screening…