Wait times for non-emergency treatment in 2023 cost Canadians $3.5 billion in lost wages and productivity.
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Juin 3, 2024
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Last year the province's median wait between referral from a family doctor and receipt of surgery was 52.6 weeks.
Mai 8, 2024
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Canada ranked dead last on wait times for specialist care and non-emergency surgeries.
Janvier 26, 2024
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The province went from having some of the longest waits for surgery to some of the shortest.
Décembre 30, 2023
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The median wait in 2023 for an MRI was 12.9 weeks—two weeks longer than last year.
Décembre 21, 2023
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The province's median wait between referral and receipt of treatment was 33.5 weeks.
Décembre 13, 2023
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The median wait time between referral from a family doctor to treatment now stands at 27.7 weeks.
Novembre 30, 2023
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Participating hospitals have reduced wait times to well below the provincial average.
Novembre 24, 2023
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The province's wait times were 6.5 weeks longer than the national average.