Last year, Canadians could expect a median wait of 27.4 weeks between referral to a specialist and receipt of treatment.
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March 13, 2023
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February 4, 2023
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Canada ranked last on access to specialist visits in under four weeks.
January 23, 2023
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Patients in the province faced a median wait of 20.3 weeks between seeing a general practitioner and receiving treatment in 2022.
October 7, 2022
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Last year, Canadians could expect to wait 25.6 weeks from referral by a family physician to elective surgical care.
June 15, 2022
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According to the province’s official figures, at least 88,300 patients continue to languish on surgical wait lists.
April 25, 2022
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The province's median wait time was about three months longer than the Canadian average.
March 9, 2022
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Albertans waited 32.1 weeks for medically necessary treatment—6.5 weeks longer than the Canadian average.
July 2, 2020
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In 2019, more than 166,000 patients in the province were waiting for treatment after seeing a specialist.
June 18, 2020
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Saskatchewan cut surgical wait times by, among other reforms, partnering with private clinics.