Reactions to report favorable but with reservations: a selection a selection. (Romanow Report).Tom Closson, President, University Health Network. "I'm disappointed the report did not directly tackle the issue of timely access to hospital care at a time when that is at the forefront of Canadians' minds." Care Watch, Toronto: Heartened by the Romanow report's recommendation to include home care in the Canada Health Act The Canada Health Act is a piece of Canadian federal legislation, adopted in 1984, that lists the conditions and criteria to which the provinces and territories must conform in order to receive the full amount of negotiated transfer payments relating to health care. , expressed disappointment that supportive care supportive care, n medical and other interventions that attempt to support and make comfortable rather than to cure. for the elderly and chronically ill was omitted for the priorities list. Canadian Mental Health Association The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) was founded on January 26, 1918 by Dr. Clarence M. Hincks and Clifford W. Beers. Originally named the Canadian National Committee for Mental Hygiene , Ontario Division. "Mr. Romanow has placed mental health firmly at the centre of the health care agenda." Professional Association of Residents in B.C. The government of Canada The Government of Canada is the federal government of Canada. The powers and structure of the federal government are set out in the Constitution of Canada. In modern Canadian use, the term "government" (or "federal government") refers broadly to the cabinet of the day and , the provinces and territories should adopt and implement Romanow's recommendations in 2003. Victorian Order of Nurses The Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) is a non-profit charitable organization founded in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on January 29, 1897 created for the purposes of home care and social services. of Canada. Romanow's recommendations to "modernize and strengthen the Canada Health Act by integrating home care, will, if implemented, confirm the place of home care as a fundamental part of a modem health care system in Canada." Ontario Society (Coalition) of Senior Citizens' Organizations. "Services most important to seniors--supportive home care and long term residential care--seem to have fallen off the Commission's radar screen." Metis Metis (mē`tĭs), in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter. Metis goddess of caution and discretion. [Rom. Myth.: Wheeler, 242] See : Prudence National Council. Romanow's recommendations for solutions to Aboriginal Health "provide nothing specific for the Metis people and completely ignores the Royal Commission of Aboriginal People." Service Employees International Union. A number of the Romanow recommendations "do not go far enough in curtailing corporate and private profiteers from undermining Medicare, particularly in many home care services." Association of Medical Colleges. The Commission "failed to recognize that there is an insufficient number of doctors trained in Canada" resulting in severe doctor shortages, "if governments do not act now." Canadian Medical Association The Canadian Medical Association (CMA), with more than 65,000 members, is the largest association of doctors in Canada and works to represent their interests nationally. It formed in 1867, three months after Confederation. . "On balance the Commission's report should give Canadians considerable cause for optimism" and sets "a positive direction for a sustainable health care system for Canada." |
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