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MAHCP President comments on critical incident at HSC’s Crisis Response Centre
Read Article: MAHCP President comments on critical incident at HSC’s Crisis Response CentreOn May 11, yet another terrible and tragic incident unfolded at the HSC Crisis Response Centre (CRC), a facility opened in 2013 as a central access point for adults in crisis. Patients are not admitted, but they may need to stay there while awaiting transfer to a psychiatric facility. In a powerful story this past…
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MAHCP President comments on paramedic training investment
Read Article: MAHCP President comments on paramedic training investmentOur president Jason Linklater, alongside Paramedic Association of Manitoba director Rebecca Clifton, was featured in a May 17 Winnipeg Sun article by Dave Baxter in response to a $16 million paramedic training investment. “Manitoba is still burning out paramedics due to short-staffing,” said Linklater. “If I have one piece of advice right now, it is…
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Minister of Health delivers Ministerial Statement marking Allied Health Professionals Recognition Week
Read Article: Minister of Health delivers Ministerial Statement marking Allied Health Professionals Recognition WeekOn behalf of more than 7,000 MAHCP members, thank you to Honourable Uzoma Asagwara, Minister of Health, Seniors & Long-term Care, for welcoming our President Jason Linklater and MAHCP Executive Council into the Chamber today, May 15, in honour of 2024 Allied Health Week. MAHCP members from all over the province were recognized by the…
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MAHCP message to members affected by wildfires
Read Article: MAHCP message to members affected by wildfiresI wanted to take a moment today to send our members in Cranberry-Portage, The Pas, Flin Flon and surrounding areas a note on behalf of all MAHCP staff. We have seen the images coming out of your region. If you’ve been personally affected by this terrible wildfire, know that we have been thinking of you. We…
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2024 Allied Health Week: It’s time to implement tangible, meaningful changes for allied health in Manitoba
Read Article: 2024 Allied Health Week: It’s time to implement tangible, meaningful changes for allied health in ManitobaBy Jason Linklater, MAHCP President More than 8,000 allied health professionals work in our province’s public health-care system, and they’re essential to patient care. Manitoba has work to do to make sure they see our province as the best place to provide their specialized services. Allied health professionals are in hospitals, clinics, laboratories, long-term care…
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ALLIED HEALTH WEEK – A Message from MAHCP President Jason Linklater
Read Article: ALLIED HEALTH WEEK – A Message from MAHCP President Jason LinklaterAs a Manitoban, I am grateful for everything you do to support our well-being. This week, I want to recognize your commitment to patients, clients and residents. Thank you, on behalf of all MAHCP staff, for your specialized work at the very foundation of the health-care system. You are educated, knowledgeable, credible, reliable and trustworthy,…
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Practicing Self-compassion: Mental Health Week 2024
Read Article: Practicing Self-compassion: Mental Health Week 2024May 6 to 12 is CMHA National’s / ACSM National Mental Health Week, and this year’s theme is ‘A Call to be Kind’, focused on compassion and kindness — something allied health professionals practice every day. And that means work can take a toll. Have you heard of secondary trauma? What about vicarious trauma or…
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Statement from MAHCP President Jason Linklater on Budget 2024
Read Article: Statement from MAHCP President Jason Linklater on Budget 2024Budget 2024 acknowledges that allied health professionals can help provide high-quality care to more Manitobans, and to fix what’s broken in our system. Allied health professionals want to be there when they’re needed, to help move patients safely from hospital back to the community, freeing up beds and bringing down ER wait times. These initiatives…
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MEDIA ADVISORY – Budget 2024
Read Article: MEDIA ADVISORY – Budget 2024WHAT: On behalf of our 7,000+ highly specialized allied health members, Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals (MAHCP) President Jason Linklater will attend today’s provincial Budget 2024 introduction at the Legislative Building at 2:30 PM. Linklater will be available in the Rotunda immediately following the budget speech to share MAHCP’s perspectives on the proposed investments…
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HSC, Grace, Children’s Hospital MRI Wait Times Reach 30+ Weeks
Read Article: HSC, Grace, Children’s Hospital MRI Wait Times Reach 30+ WeeksToday, CAMRT-MB, the home for provincial association services for MRTs in Manitoba, issued a news release sounding the alarm on increasing MRI wait times in Manitoba. Read the media release.
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Statement from MAHCP President on HSC’s epilepsy monitoring unit
Read Article: Statement from MAHCP President on HSC’s epilepsy monitoring unitToday, Honourable Uzoma Asagwara, Minister of Health, Seniors and Long-term Care announced the addition of an adult epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU) at HSC Winnipeg. The unit has four beds and is designed to be a place where patients who aren’t responding to medication can stay to see if other treatments can be explored, like surgery. In response…
