Brian Day
@DrBrianDay
Hon Assoc Prof. Orthopaedics, UBC. Past President, CMA and AANA. Member BC Sports Hall of Fame. King Charles III Coronation Medal 2025. President CSC.
This would not happen if public hospitals were funded on a per patient encounter basis. Canada is unique amongst developed countries in using block funding/ global budgets as a method of funding hospitals. Every patient represents a cost item! globalnews.ca/news/11303435/…
Canada is a special place - the only country on Earth where prisoners - but not law abiding citizens - suffering on waiting lists can access private care.
My interview and discussions with health leader Dr. Whatley - see podcast @shawnwhatley podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/con…
No one is surprised at this tale of incompetence by B.C. health bureaucrats. @Rob Shaw: Island Health's ER wait times highlight tech gaps in B.C. health care - Business in Vancouver biv.com/news/commentar…
It is simply wrong to describe our public health system as “Comprehensive” (one of the 5 principles of the Canada Act). Eight of the services covered by the public system in the UK are excluded from coverage in Canada.
In 1993 Ministers of Health across Canada accept advice of Evans, Barer, Stoddart (all awarded Order of Canada) and cut medical schools to help preserve Medicare… and now we have a shortage of doctors!
And - as this 1999 headline from @VancouverSun shows this is not a new phenomenon and preceded Covid by decades.
What does it tell you that every province and territory EXCEPT BC provided data on time for this @kellygrant1 report of ER waiting times in Canada.
What does it tell you that every province and territory EXCEPT BC provided data on time for this @kellygrant1 report of ER waiting times in Canada.
Book review by Dr. David Esler in BC Medical Journal My Fight for Canadian Healthcare: A Thirty-Year Battle to Put Patients First | British Columbia Medical Journal bcmj.org/news/book-revi…
I never thought we would reach the point (and we have) when a home visit for service by a skilled tradesperson would be paid three to four times the fee that government pays a family physician. The tradesperson is simply being paid what they’re worth. The FP isn’t.
Much GP care now happens over the phone because many doctors can’t afford office rental and real estate costs. Yet people can still see dentists, physiotherapists, naturopaths, and other allied health professionals in person. Why is that?
Conversations That Matter: 'My Fight for Canadian Healthcare' | Vancouver Sun vancouversun.com/news/local-new…
“Outdated policy decisions, made more than a third of a century ago, helped create our expensive, ineffective and inequitable medicare scheme” -- @DrBrianDay discusses his new book, "My Fight for Canadian Healthcare." vancouversun.com/news/local-new… via @vancouversun
When will governments and their hospital bureaucrats come to their senses? cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
Our latest podcast, featuring interviews with @kolga, @DrBrianDay, and @stuartsmyth66 robbreakenridge.ca podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rob…
Canada's health care system won’t change until we stop trying to fix it: Shawn Whatley in Canada Healthwatch | Macdonald-Laurier Institute macdonaldlaurier.ca/canadas-health…
1/ Wait times in Canada hit a record 30.4 weeks for medically necessary care in 2024. That’s nearly 8 months of waiting — even for planned procedures. And this is despite record public health spending.
This quote by a former Quebec health minister highlights, in a single paragraph, one of the many major flaws in Canada’s health system.
