Manitoba wait time web site up-dated.

Manitoba's wait-time website has been changed to provide more up-to-date information about waits for tests and treatments, Health Minister Tim Sale announced.

The enhanced website, part of the government's long-term strategy to improve wait times for health services in Manitoba, now includes:

* monthly instead of quarterly wait times;

* wait times for a wider range of health-care services offered throughout the province, including facility-specific MRI and CT scans, ultrasound, bone-density tests stress MIBI, radiation therapy, cardiac, joint and cataract surgery; and

* wait-time questions for patients to ask doctors or nurse practitioners.

In October, the provincial government announced a $155-million, five-point plan to improve access to quality care and reduce wait times in key health-service areas. The plan includes more diagnostic testing, more surgeries, more health care professionals, system innovation and better waitlist management and prevention and health promotion.

www.gov.mb.ca/health/waitlist/index.html