Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The department has worked with the boards in the area of trying to address the concerns in the acute care program. The department feels that we have worked with the boards in trying to address those concerns, but those areas continue to put pressure on our existing budgets to maintain the level of service we provide. As I stated earlier as well in my opening comments, that some of the more expensive methods of intervening after certain health conditions have been arrived at are significant. One of the focuses we are trying to work on in the area of prevention is tobacco cessation and reduction. That is an area where the disease of cancer catches on and is directly linked to tobacco. Trying to step in and provide services at that point becomes very costly. This is one of the areas we are looking at and working with the boards in trying to come up with methods of addressing those increased driving costs. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Floyd Roland on Committee Motion: 23-13(7): Cooperation Between Social Envelope Department (h&ss)
In the Legislative Assembly on April 28th, 1999. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion: 23-13(7): Cooperation Between Social Envelope Department (h&ss)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
April 27th, 1999
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