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The co-hosts of the National Health Leadership Conference – the Canadian College of Health Leaders (CCHL) and HealthCareCAN – are committed to ensuring that priority motions adopted at the Great Canadian Healthcare Debate move forward. At NHLC 2015, the “top 10” motions, resulting from a Call for Motions widely distributed to Canadian health leaders, were presented to conference delegates. Delegates then voted on their priorities and identified funding for mental health, electronic health records and a national pharma-ceutical strategy as the “top 3” motions. In June 2016, CCHL and HealthCareCAN will report back to NHLC delegates on actions and early activities that have taken place in follow-up to priority motions. Several steps have already been taken. For instance:
• DetailsabouttheDebateandprioritymotionswere(and continue to be) shared widely with health leaders, policy-makers, and parliamentarians.
• FollowingtheDebate,apledge card was sent to Canadian Members of Parliament and to confirmed candidates for the October 2015 federal election, asking them to pledge their support to the “top 3” resolutions adopted by delegates.
• Theseresolutionswerealsoprofiledthroughoutthefederal election campaign by CCHL and HealthCareCAN.
• Nowthatanewfederalgovernmenthasbeenelected,we will be sharing details about the Debate and the resolutions with the large number of new Members of Parliament.
• InourmeetingswithseniorgovernmentofficialsandMembers of Parliament, we are also sharing the results of the Debate.
• Wearealsotakingadvantageofthevarious leadership tables that we are part of by widely sharing the success of the Debate and the “top 10” motions. ThemotionshavebeenprofiledwiththeBoardsofDirectors of both organizations and during various speaking engagements.
• InSeptember2015,HealthCareCAN presented the motions and details about the Debate to the Health Action Lobby (HEAL, a coalition of 39 national health organizations dedicated to protecting and strengthening Canada’s health system).
• Duringthefederalelectioncampaign,CCHLandHealthCareCAN issued a joint press release profiling the Debate, as part of broader coalition activity (with HEAL) with respect to federal action on healthcare.
• Themotions-andissuebriefssupportingeachmotion- were highly promoted and continue to be available on our websites.
Wehaveheardfrompolicy-makersacrossthecountrythat they are using the motions and issue briefs to inform their work and as a platform to profile their important issues.Wealsoknowthatseveralstakeholdersareusingthe success of their motions (making it to the “top ten”) to advance their work. For example:
• TheMentalHealthCommissionofCanada-whosemotion received the highest level of support at the Debate (89%) - highlighted the Debate results in its newsletter and on its website, restating its call to increase funding for mental health as outlined in its motion.
• TechnologyEvaluationintheElderlyNetwork(TVN)highlighted in its monthly newsletter that the motion it put forward highlighting the issue of the frail elderly and the importance of frailty screening was selected as one of the “top ten” motions. Click on the issue of the newsletter to access them. (May 2015 | Summer 2015)
• TheDebateandsuccessfulmotionswerealsoprofiledby The Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists, the Canadian Psychiatric Association, the Quality End-of-Life Care Coalition of Canada and the hospice care community.
folloW-Up on tHe “top 10” Motions from the 2015 Great Canadian Healthcare Debate – Early Activities
Please join us for the 2nd Great Canadian Healthcare Debate, Tuesday, June 7th, 2016, in Ottawa at the National Health Leadership Conference (NHLC). Delegates at NHLC 2015 voted resoundingly to have a Debate again in 2016 – we have listened and plans are underway to make this Debate even better!
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CCHL and HealthCareCAN are also drawing upon the priority motions to inform their own policy and advocacy work. For instance, informed by “top 10” motions, HealthCareCAN recently published an article on levelling the playing field for mental health for the Canadian Psychiatric Association newsletter, and is working on policy implications related to the frail elderly, and advancing healthcare infrastructure. CCHL will be profiling selected motions and encouraging discussion and debate at CCHL education events across the country to raise awareness about priority motions.
The new Liberal government’s platform prioritizes several issues that were identified as priorities in the Debate, such as improved access and reducing the cost of prescription medicines, increasing the availability of high-quality mental health services, palliative care and seniors’ healthcare. On November 15, 2015, the Office of the Prime Minister sent the Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Philpott, her mandate letter. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau indicates in the letter that Minister Philpott’s top priorities include “engag[ing] provinces and territories in the development of a new multi-year Health Accord.” With respect to the negotiation of the Health Accord, themes and components from the “top 3” motions from NHLC are prioritized (access to mental health, access to prescription medications, and digital health technology), as well as home care. An excerpt from the mandate letter can be found below:
Engage provinces and territories in the development of a new multi-year Health Accord. This accord should include a long term funding agreement. It should also:
• supportthedeliveryofmoreandbetterhomecareservices. This includes more access to high quality in-home caregivers, financial supports for family care, and, when necessary, palliative care;
• advancepan-Canadiancollaborationonhealth
innovation to encourage the adoption of new digital health technology to improve access, increase efficiency and improve outcomes for patients;
• improveaccesstonecessaryprescriptionmedications.This will include joining with provincial and territorial governmentstobuydrugsinbulk,reducingthecostCanadiangovernmentspayforthesedrugs,makingthemmoreaffordableforCanadians,andexploringtheneed for a national formulary; and
• makehighqualitymentalhealthservicesmore availabletoCanadianswhoneedthem.
We will continue to ensure that the link is made between the priorities of Canada’s health leaders and the new government.
The 2015 NHLC conference, inaugural Great Canadian Healthcare Debate and many of the motions generated extensive and unprecedented media coverage, especial-ly via radio and print media. Twitter coverage was also fantastic during the conference – #NHLC2015 trended higher than #Bono during the Debate! (The US rock star was in Ottawa at the time of the conference.)
The Debate and the “top 10” motions were also profiled in a special in-depth e-magazine that was produced in partnership with iPolitics. This magazine has been widely distributed to health leaders, public and private sector stakeholders, and industry. To read the 16 articles about the issues on which the motions were based and the stories behind the motions, just click on the report cover below.
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This is just an illustration of some of the activities and initiatives that have resulted from and are underway as a result of the first Great Canadian Healthcare Debate! If you are using the motions or issue briefs to inform your work, and this has been of assistance, please let us know by contacting: Jennifer Kitts, Director, Policy and Strategy, HealthcareCAN at [email protected].
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Selected media coverage can be found here. Click on the title of an article to access it.
The Great Canadian Healthcare Debate
Great Canadian Healthcare Debate: Tackling systemic priorities
Health-care leaders’ debate identifies priorities for reform
History in the making: The Great Canadian Healthcare Debate
Infrastructure
Canada needs to invest in new hospitals, says health care association
Canada’s hospitals need $160 billion in replacement funding: report
Ottawa Hospital gives itself clean bill of structural health
Mental Health
Chelsea Lall’s anxiety lifts through unique Ontario hospital program
Postpartum depression requires more attention, says P.E.I. mother
Health sector discriminating against mentally ill: expert
Report on Canadian’s Expectations of the Healthcare System
Nearly Two in Three Canadians (64%) Worried that the Health Care System is Falling Behind
Numbers don’t lie: Canadians give healthcare a failing grade
Health system’s deficiencies clear to Canadians
The National Health Leadership Conference
Become the Leader you Imagine
EDITORIAL: Redesign health care to put patients first
Canadian health care system in need of urgent care: experts
National Health Leadership Conference: Lessons in slashing health spending
Engage early and engage often: Building successful coalitions in healthcare
CIHR Funding
Charlottetown Herald on CIHR funding: Top scientists left “high and dry” (contact us)
Media ReleasesWe created four provocative media releases around healthcare issues of national significance that pointed the media’s attention towards the importance of the conference and the Great Canadian Healthcare Debate:
• ReportonCanadian’sExpectationsofthe Healthcare System
• NewModelofMentalHealthServicesforAdolescentsDramatically Reduces Length of Stay for Treatment
• CrumblingHospitalInfrastructureThreatenstheCare of Canadians
• “Woeful”PalliativeCareSystemHasSevereImpactonQuality of Life