News - Health Care

The Manitoba government has announced that it will invest in a dedicated service to transport low-acuity patients as part of ongoing efforts to improve health-care access for rural Manitobans.

The Manitoba government is investing more than $5.2 million in two programs that will help address the overall staffing shortages in the province’s health-care sector as well as increase the representation of Indigenous people in this field.

The Manitoba government is inviting Manitobans to provide feedback on personal care home standards to better understand their perspectives on this important topic.

More than $16 million in new funding will be invested this year to expand staffing and training in personal care homes (PCHs), aligned with the Manitoba government’s commitment to fulfill all recommendations of the Stevenson Review.

The governments of Canada and Manitoba released a Virtual Care Action Plan, which outlines how Manitoba will use the $7 million federal investment through the Canada-Manitoba Virtual Care Agreement to develop and improve virtual health-care initiatives for Manitobans.

Construction on the expansion and modernization of the St. Boniface Hospital emergency department has officially started following strategic design planning, community and stakeholder consultations and preliminary demolition work.

Finance Minister Cameron Friesen announced that Budget 2022 prioritizes the health and well-being of Manitobans with a $7.2-billion investment to strengthen the health-care system.

As part of Budget 2022, the Manitoba government is committing over $15 million in initial funding to support the implementation of the 17 recommendations of the Stevenson Review to strengthen care and enhance capacity at long-term care facilities throughout the province.

Jamie Penner, a nurse researcher at the University of Manitoba, has been working with a group of local leaders to connect with various groups in the Steinbach area to better understand how caregivers are being supported in the community, the existing needs that caregivers have, and how we might work together to enhance supports for family caregivers.

The Manitoba government continues to implement initiatives that will improve timely access to health care through the work of the Diagnostic and Surgical Recovery Task Force, including a plan to increase orthopedic surgeries at Concordia Hospital to support Manitobans who need hip and knee surgeries.