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Your voice matters
Engaging with health care professionals, patients and all Albertans is vital to refocus the health care system. The input, experiences and feedback we gather will help create a more effective and efficient health care system.
Status
Sessions are ongoing throughout the refocusing process.
Who is listening
Ministry of Health
Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction
Get involved
Advisory councils
We’re creating regional advisory councils and an Indigenous Advisory Council, which will provide a way for you to share your perspectives on how to improve health care in your community.
Council members will explore potential solutions to local challenges and look for opportunities to better support local decision-making.
Get informed
Learn more about the refocusing of Alberta’s health care system below.
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Refocusing engagement
View the health care refocusing presentation and in-person engagement session handout.
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Ask a question
Ask a question or read answers to other questions about refocusing health care.
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How we got here
Learn more about how we got here.
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Health Statutes Amendment Act
The Health Statutes Amendment Act enables the transition of Alberta’s health care system to a unified system of 4 sector-based provincial health agencies: primary care, acute care, continuing care and mental health and addiction.
This legislation ensures Albertans have a system that works for them by prioritizing their need to find a primary care provider, to get urgent care without long waits, to have access to the best continuing care options and expanded to access excellent mental health and addiction treatment.
Health care professionals and Albertans joined Health Minister Adriana LaGrange in a series of telephone town halls to ask questions about the Health Statutes Amendment Act.
- Listen to the May 15 Bill 22 town hall
- Listen to the May 16 Bill 22 town hall
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Mental health and addiction telephone town hall recordings
Mental health and addiction staff joined Minister Dan Williams in a series of telephone town halls to ask questions about the new mental health and addiction organization – Recovery Alberta.
- Listen to the April 11 Recovery Alberta town hall
- Listen to the April 16 Recovery Alberta town hall
- Listen to the April 17 Recovery Alberta town hall
- Listen to the April 22 Recovery Alberta town hall
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Previous telephone town halls
- Listen to the November 9 health care refocusing town hall
- Listen to the November 14 health care refocusing town hall (11:30 am to 1 pm)
- Listen to the November 14 health care refocusing town hall (6 to 7:30 pm)
- Listen to the November 15 health care refocusing town hall
(AHS mental health and addiction staff) - Listen to the November 17 health care refocusing town hall
(mental health and addiction community partners) - Listen to the December 13 health care refocusing town hall
Input received
In-person public engagement sessions
We held 65 in-person engagement sessions across Alberta between January 23 and April 12, 2024. In addition, we held 4 in-person Indigenous information gathering sessions across the province between April 30 and June 24, 2024, and 2 French language sessions – one in-person and one virtual – on June 17 and June 20, 2024. We are analyzing the input and feedback collected during these sessions to help shape the future of health care. We are committed to re-engaging with health care workers and Albertans through future comprehensive engagement opportunities.
Indigenous information gathering
Thank you to everyone who took part in the Indigenous information gathering sessions and who completed the online form.
If you were unable to attend a session, you can review the health care refocusing presentation and engagement session handout.
A thorough analysis of all feedback is now underway.
Outcomes
Your feedback will help lead us down the path to success.
Having a health care system that functions properly is critical to the health and well-being of Albertans and their families. That’s why it’s so important we have these conversations with front line workers, patients and caregivers about the challenges that exist and how we can build a stronger health care system that serves the current and future needs of Albertans.”