The federal health minister says he expects British Columbia and Ottawa to soon reach a flexible one-on-one agreement that improves health services for people needing care and those who provide that service.
The negotiations come after Canada's premiers agreed this week to accept a federal offer that will add $46.2 billion in new health-care funding to provinces and territories over 10 years.
Talks in Victoria Tuesday focused on reaching side agreements between the B.C. and federal governments on supports for families, front-line workers and those seeking mental health and addictions assistance, and modernizing the work environment for health professionals, Jean-Yves Duclos said. "Well, there are four areas of priority where results will be achieved: family medicine, mental health, supporting workers and therefore reducing backlogs and a more modern environment in which workers can work," he said.
"We haven't predetermined any areas but we're broadly supportive of the bucket the federal government has set out around mental health and addictions, around home care, around long-term care," Eby said. "Things that will relieve pressure on our hospitals."
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