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Pages tagged "whistle bend"


There's no place for hospital bed and staffing shortages in Yukon

Posted on Newsroom by Jan Stick, MLA for Riverdale South · June 14, 2016 1:21 PM

The following is an open letter written by Yukon NDP Health and Social Services Critic Jan Stick:

I was disappointed, yet not surprised, to read Dr. David Storey’s repeated concerns about the critical shortage of beds at Whitehorse General Hospital in Friday’s Yukon News. Last week, Dr. Storey was forced to cancel two scheduled operations because there were no beds available for his patients. At present, chronic and palliative care patients occupy the majority of the hospital’s 17 acute and post-surgical care beds.

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Legislative sitting a sign that Yukoners are hopeful for change in 2016

Posted on Newsroom by Mike Fancie · December 15, 2015 2:06 PM

The Yukon NDP Official Opposition caucus has raised issues on behalf of Yukoners that show a widespread desire for change in Yukon as the territory heads into an election year.

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Access to information documents show shallow commitment to continuing care consultation

Posted on Newsroom by Mike Fancie · November 25, 2015 1:40 PM

The Yukon NDP Official Opposition has blasted the Yukon Party government for holding “information sessions” on its planned Whistle Bend facility instead of meaningful consultations about the future of continuing care in Yukon. 

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Yukon NDP caucus bringing Yukoners' voices to the legislature

Posted on Newsroom by Mike Fancie · October 22, 2015 2:17 PM

This session, the Yukon NDP caucus is focused on echoing the vision for a fairer, more sustainable Yukon shared by people across the territory. Whether it's Bill S-6 or a 300-bed continuing care facility in Whistle Bend, a lack of consultation has left the Yukon Party government in the dark about what Yukoners see as priorities for our territory.

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Yukon NDP to hold continuing care consultation as government ignores Yukoners

Posted on Newsroom by Mike Fancie · July 15, 2015 4:45 PM

As the Yukon Party government doubles down on its controversial plan to build a now-150-bed continuing care facility in Whistle Bend, the Yukon NDP is inviting the public to a town hall meeting on continuing care on September 16th in Whitehorse. The complex, dubbed a “nightmare” by the Yukon government’s assistant deputy minister for continuing care for being located in “an empty field with no community”, was developed without any consultation with Yukoners, Yukon seniors’ groups or health care professionals.

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Issues raised by government documents echo Yukon NDP questions on Whistle Bend continuing care facility

Posted on Newsroom by Mike Fancie · July 14, 2015 3:54 PM

Internal government documents published this morning by the CBC confirm the Yukon NDP’s long-standing concerns about the political motivations behind the Yukon Party government’s planned 300-bed continuing care megaplex in Whitehorse’s Whistle Bend subdivision. The plans for a complex, which were discovered after being accidentally shared on the Yukon government’s website early in 2014, have also come under fire for not including any consultation with Yukon seniors, Elders and the health care community.

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300 beds: bigger isn't always better when it comes to continuing care

Posted on Newsroom by Jan Stick · April 27, 2015 9:51 AM

This spring, my Yukon NDP colleagues and I heard from hundreds of Yukoners about their priorities and concerns during our 17-stop Sustainable and Prosperous Communities Tour.

What we heard, loud and clear, was that Yukoners want their seniors and Elders to remain a part of their community for as long as possible.

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REALITY CHECK: health minister's 300-bed continuing care complex misdiagnoses the problem

Posted on Newsroom by Mike Fancie · March 25, 2015 10:57 AM

Last week, Yukon government health minister Mike Nixon spoke at length to the media in a bid to sell Yukoners his government’s controversial $330 million 300-bed long-term care complex in Whistle Bend. Nixon had a lot to say about the project – and about questions Yukoners are raising about the government’s sudden announcement of the project.

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Hanson: Yukon government has lots of questions to answer about the Whistle Bend sports complex

Posted on Newsroom by Mike Fancie · February 19, 2015 4:33 PM

Liz Hanson, MLA Whitehorse Centre

In my capacity as the member of the Legislative Assembly for Whitehorse Centre, here are a number of insights that I’d like to add to the discussion about the plan to build an outdoor sports complex in Whistle Bend.

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