What will a refocused health care system mean for you?
Right now, the system gets in the way of health care delivery. It is complex and uncoordinated, resulting in unacceptable wait times, service disruptions and challenges accessing primary care.
What a refocused system means for you:
- timely access to a primary health care practitioner
- shorter wait times for surgery and at the ER
- consistent access to continuing care
- expanded access to mental health and addiction treatment
We need to get you the right care when and where you need it.
To do this, we’re refocusing health care to create a more effective, unified system that prioritizes patients and empowers frontline health care professionals to support Albertans for generations to come.
What this means for your health care
A refocused health care system will lead to reduced wait times, improved access to health care services and better health outcomes long term for all Albertans.
No matter where you live in the province, we are working on solutions to address rural and urban health challenges.
These changes will put patients first in every health care decision.
What this means for you as a health care professional
You move mountains every day for your patients, residents and clients, and you deserve a health care system that supports you in delivering the highest-quality health care.
A refocused health care system will better support you, prioritize your well-being and leverage your experiences to enhance health care for all Albertans.
News
May 1, 2025
Reinforcing legislation, refocusing health care
Bill 55, the Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, advances Alberta’s plan to improve public health delivery and system oversight.
April 8, 2025
Advancing cancer care and organ tissue services
Cancer care, as well as organ and tissue donation and transplantation, will be transferred from Alberta Health Services (AHS) to Acute Care Alberta to oversee service delivery.
April 7, 2025
Alberta’s government is introducing a new acute care funding model, increasing the accountability, efficiency and volume of high-quality surgical delivery.
March 10, 2025
Alberta’s government is strengthening emergency health services within the refocused health care system to ensure Albertans receive the care they need.
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Related news
Primary care
- Family doctors embrace new pay model (March 24, 2025)
- Nurse practitioners expand primary care access (November 20, 2024)
- Strengthening primary care across Alberta (November 5, 2024)
Continuing care
- Refocusing continuing care for the future (January 30, 2025)
- Continuing care: Ministers LaGrange and Nixon (October 16, 2024)
Acute care
- Strengthening rural health care facilities (March 31, 2025)
- Expanding urgent care across Alberta (March 28, 2025)
- A record investment in innovative cancer care (March 21, 2025)
- Increasing acute care capacity in Edmonton (March 13, 2025)
- Refocusing emergency services (March 10, 2025)
- Budget 2025: Increasing hospital capacity (March 6, 2025)
Mental health and addiction
- Laying the foundation for compassionate intervention (February 24, 2025)
- Recovery Alberta to begin operations Sept. 1 (August 30, 2024)
- Next steps in refocused mental health, addiction care (June 11, 2024)