Manitoba’s health care system is broken.
Allied health professionals already struggling to deliver the essential services Manitobans need and deserve because of critical vacancy rates, the increasing demands of more severe patient acuity, and ballooning workloads.
And when our province loses professional/technical and paramedic allied health staff to other opportunities, they are very difficult to replace. We cannot afford to lose anymore specialized health-care staff.
Let’s get Manitoba health-care back on track.
MAHCP is calling for the development of a full health-care human resources strategy for Manitoba, addressing key areas for allied health investment:
- Fund a new competitive contract for allied health.
- Fund improvements to employee benefits, without passing the financial burden on to employees.
- Commit to the development of an Allied Health Workforce Plan.
- Expand and promote training opportunities for high-demand allied health professions.
Allied health: Essential health-care and social services
You’ll find MAHCP’s 7,000+ members in virtually all health-care settings, on ambulances, in hospitals and ICUs, clinics, labs, community, and long-term care.
We’re a diverse group of specialized providers working in emergency response, diagnostics, assessment, treatment and therapies, rehabilitation and recovery, across 50 professions and in hundreds of classifications.
- Need an X-ray for a suspected fracture, or a cast to heal a broken bone?
- Been given a requisition for blood work?
- Referred for physiotherapy or occupational therapy after surgery?
- Received radiation therapy for cancer or counselling for mental health support?
We’re MRI technologists, social workers, physiotherapists and cardiovascular technicians. We’re midwives, medical laboratory technologists, and spiritual care providers. We’re all part of allied health.
Share your experience.
If you’ve faced a health challenge or crisis recently in Manitoba’s health-care system, you know it takes perseverance and self-advocacy to go through it and heal.
Maybe you experienced a delay in accessing diagnostics or treatment. Or, maybe you want to share positive feedback about an allied health professional who supported you through a difficult diagnosis or stressful test.
Allied health professionals are always part of Manitobans’ health journeys – and we want to be there for you when you need us.
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