On Wednesday June 28, 2017 Manitoba’s Health Minister announced the creation of a new health organization that will co-ordinate service delivery across Manitoba.
“Manitoba’s health-care system is complex and siloed, with eight independent organizations each doing their own planning, standard setting and service delivery in relative isolation of one another,” said Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Kelvin Goertzen. “This is neither efficient nor effective and has been identified as a major impediment to improved access to quality health care and our ability to manage costs in a sustainable way.”
Called “Shared Health Services Manitoba” the new entity will take over some of the functions of the regional health authorities such as emergency services, ambulance services, diagnostic imaging and several other services. Shared Health Services will also be taking over operation of Health Sciences Centre, Children’s Hospital, provincial labs and Transplant Manitoba.
WRHA chief medical officer Dr. Brock Wright will become the President and CEO of the new organization.
“Manitoba has very strong leadership in all major clinical specialties and the creation of Shared Health Services Manitoba will allow us to work across the province to develop and implement safe, patient-centred, cost-effective models of care, to set provincial standards and to support regions in the recruitment and retention of medical staff,” said Wright. “We have a tremendous opportunity before us, the chance to realign and refocus our system to better meet the needs of Manitobans – reducing duplication, ensuring co-ordination and consistency and above all else, improving patient care and the overall sustainability of our health-care system.”
The current RHA’s will still exist but their role will focus on front-line delivery of services.
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