Acute Care Action Plan

Overview

The Acute Care Action Plan strengthens emergency, surgical and inpatient care by increasing capacity and improving patient flow. To support this work, Alberta’s government is making targeted investments that will benefit patients immediately, including:

• capital planning to add more than 1,000 new acute care beds in Edmonton and Calgary, including new bed towers at Grey Nuns, Misericordia, and South Health Campus hospitals, relieving pressure and supporting patients with serious medical needs
• delivering 50,000 additional surgical procedures over the next 3 years by leveraging chartered surgical facilities to expand operating room capacity, to reduce surgical wait times
• targeted investments at the Royal Alexandra Hospital to enhance triage, speed up patient flow and help patients move efficiently through the system
• increasing the number of community care spaces, including 12 new psychiatric beds and 30 temporary beds becoming permanent, ensuring Albertans in crisis receive timely support and reducing emergency department congestion
• working with the Minister of Assisted Living and Social Services to increase the number of continuing care spaces across the province
• developing a provincial neonatal intensive care unit strategy to ensure the most vulnerable infants receive the specialized care they need