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Your voice matters
Your insights and perspectives are helping lead the way on the design and implementation of Alberta’s refocused health care system, ensuring it meets the needs of Albertans today and for generations to come.
Engaging with health care professionals, patients and all Albertans is vital to refocus the health care system. The input, experiences and feedback we gather will help create a more effective and efficient health care system.
Review the 'What We Heard' report below, sign up for our newsletter, and stay up to date on the latest engagement opportunities.
Status
The first round of engagement has concluded and the 'What We Heard' report has been released. Additional opportunities to provide feedback will be available throughout the refocusing of Alberta’s health care system.
Who is listening
Ministry of Health
Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction
What we heard
When Alberta Health announced it would refocus the health care system, we committed to comprehensive engagement and 2-way dialogue with Albertans. Between January 23 and April 12, 2024, we heard feedback and ideas from over 30,000 patients, families, caregivers, and health care workers from across Alberta.
Read the report
Feedback from every session has been collected, carefully analyzed and summarized in the 'What We Heard' report. This feedback is helping inform the work to refocus Alberta’s health care system.
We encourage you to read the findings to understand what patients, health care workers, Indigenous groups and others shared with Alberta Health.
Get involved
Advisory councils
We’re creating regional advisory councils and an Indigenous Advisory Council, which will provide a way for you to share your perspectives on how to improve health care in your community.
Council members will explore potential solutions to local challenges and look for opportunities to better support local decision-making.
Stay involved
Albertans are invited to participate in upcoming telephone town halls with Health Minister Adriana LaGrande to discuss ongoing work to refocus the health system.
To register for a town hall, click on your preferred date:
Listen to any of the town halls live.
In addition to telephone town halls, we are seeking feedback through an online form. This form will be available until December 5, 2024:
A second round of in-person public engagement is planned for winter/spring 2025 to share information and receive feedback about the refocusing work. Details on future sessions will be posted on this page.
Subscribe to receive the refocusing newsletter and stay informed about health care system refocusing and future engagement opportunities.
Get informed
Learn more about the refocusing of Alberta’s health care system below.
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Refocusing engagement
View the health care refocusing presentation and in-person engagement session handout.
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Ask a question
Ask a question or read answers to other questions about refocusing health care.
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How we got here
Learn more about how we got here.
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Health Statutes Amendment Act
The Health Statutes Amendment Act enables the transition of Alberta’s health care system to a unified system of 4 sector-based provincial health agencies: primary care, acute care, continuing care and mental health and addiction.
This legislation ensures Albertans have a system that works for them by prioritizing their need to find a primary care provider, to get urgent care without long waits, to have access to the best continuing care options and expanded to access excellent mental health and addiction treatment.
Health care professionals and Albertans joined Health Minister Adriana LaGrange in a series of telephone town halls to ask questions about the Health Statutes Amendment Act.
- Listen to the May 15 Bill 22 town hall
- Listen to the May 16 Bill 22 town hall
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Mental health and addiction telephone town hall recordings
Mental health and addiction staff joined Minister Dan Williams in a series of telephone town halls to ask questions about the new mental health and addiction organization – Recovery Alberta.
- Listen to the April 11 Recovery Alberta town hall
- Listen to the April 16 Recovery Alberta town hall
- Listen to the April 17 Recovery Alberta town hall
- Listen to the April 22 Recovery Alberta town hall
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Previous telephone town halls
- Listen to the November 9 health care refocusing town hall
- Listen to the November 14 health care refocusing town hall (11:30 am to 1 pm)
- Listen to the November 14 health care refocusing town hall (6 to 7:30 pm)
- Listen to the November 15 health care refocusing town hall
(AHS mental health and addiction staff) - Listen to the November 17 health care refocusing town hall
(mental health and addiction community partners) - Listen to the December 13 health care refocusing town hall
Outcomes
Your feedback will help lead us down the path to success.
Having a health care system that functions properly is critical to the health and well-being of Albertans and their families. That’s why it’s so important we have these conversations with front line workers, patients and caregivers about the challenges that exist and how we can build a stronger health care system that serves the current and future needs of Albertans.”