British Columbia : Health Budget, Fourth session of the thirty-eight legislature, 2008

Of Health’s total — 4.68 billion in the 2012-13 expense budget — our biggest investment is in the people who work in the health care system.. Seventy-one per cent or 3.33 billion of

In 2011 and ‘12, the health region authorities, the regional health authorities will receive $2.8 billion from the Ministry of Health, an increase of $250 million or 9.7 per

The Ministry of Health already has a number of initiatives under way that complement or directly support the Patient First Review including

And I also have with me today Kimberly Wihnan, who is the assistant to the deputy minister; Eric Young, the deputy chief medical health officer; and Tim Macaulay, who is

With the associate minister and myself today are the deputy minister, Glenda Yeates; the associate deputy minister, Steven Pillar; the assistant deputy minister, Carol

And also with us this evening, in the back, are Maureen Yeske, who is the executive director of policy and planning; Jim Simmons, the executive director of community care;

To reach that goal we will continue to provide and fund health services that contribute to our health, but we must also promote and support those activities that maintain wellness

So I think as we go on in the next few hours discussing the Health budget, the estimates of the Department of Health, I’m sure that the people of Saskatchewan will see that