From the Editors

Anne Wojtak; Neil Stuart

doi:10.12927/hcq.2023.27060

From the Editors

Healthc Q. 2023 Apr;26(1):1-3. doi: 10.12927/hcq.2023.27060.

Authors

Anne Wojtak¹, Neil Stuart²

Affiliations

¹ Is a senior healthcare leader with 20+ years' experience in the home and community care sector in Ontario. She is the lead for East Toronto Health Partners (Ontario Health Team), has a consulting practice focused on health system strategy and is adjunct faculty at the University of Toronto in Toronto, ON. She can be reached by e-mail at annewojtak@adaptivestrategy.ca.
² Served for many years as a partner and practice leader in the Canadian healthcare consulting practices of PricewaterhouseCoopers, and then IBM. Neil is on the board of Health Standards Organization and has an adjunct faculty appointment at the University of Toronto's Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation in Toronto, ON. He can be reached by e-mail at neil.stuart@bell.net.

PMID: 37144693
DOI: 10.12927/hcq.2023.27060

Abstract

The recent winter months were particularly brutal for the healthcare system and its patients as we grappled with an onslaught of infectious diseases, healthcare backlogs and critical shortages of health human resources. We subsequently watched as Canada's federal and provincial leaders sought agreement on additional investments for several of our most precarious sectors, including long-term care, primary care and mental healthcare. Spring 2023 offers some optimism in that we will have new resources to make much-needed improvements to our depleted health sectors and services. While we can anticipate ongoing tensions as to how these investments will be used and how political leaders are held accountable, our healthcare leaders are gearing up to increase capacity and shore up our systems.

MeSH terms

Canada
Delivery of Health Care*
Health Workforce
Humans
Long-Term Care*