Quebec reforms regional health.QUEBEC Quebec, city, Canada Quebec, Fr. Québec, city (1991 pop. 167,517), provincial capital, S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and St. Charles rivers. -- The Quebec government intends to transform the current regional health boards into regional agencies. The new agencies will integrate local health and social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales into networks by 2006. The regional, agencies will have a year to adopt a plan of operation appropriate to regional conditions. However, if a regional agency fails to come up with a plan, the Quebec government may impose its own model. The regional councils will have the authority to coordinate Belonging to a system of indexing by two or more terms. For example, points on a plane, cells in a spreadsheet and bits in dynamic RAM chips are identified by a pair of coordinates. Points in space are identified by sets of three coordinates. hospital, community and long-term care long-term care (LTC), n the provision of medical, social, and personal care services on a recurring or continuing basis to persons with chronic physical or mental disorders. services. They will also be responsible for managing contracts with family physicians and service providers, arrange for specialty services that are not available in the local area, and contracting with service providers in other parts of the province. Link to text of the legislation at communityaction.ca |
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