PrintUNA VP attends provincial health ministers' meeting
United Nurses of Alberta First Vice-President Jane Sustrik met with Alberta Health Minister Sarah Hoffman during the provincial health ministers' meeting in Vancouver on Jan. 20, 2016.
Sustrik was attending the meetings as part of a Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions delegation. CFNU has called for co-ordinated action among governments to “break the silos in health care” and understand that funding for local hospitals, home care services and programs to ensure kids don’t go hungry all have an impact on the health of Canadians and the overall cost of health care.
CFNU urges continued commitment to the principles of the Canada Health Act, but also calls for expansion of the Health Accord to include a social accord that recognizes the need for co-ordinated action on improving social determinants of health.
CFNU’s call for a national Health and Social Accord includes the following policies:
- Stable federal health care funding to a minimum of 25 per cent by 2025
- Co-ordinated health human resources planning
- National prescription drug plan (pharmacare)
- National strategy for healthy aging
- Better access to mental health services
- Improved mental health services in home and community settings
