Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe most of our health authorities try to do their best to deliver their programs and services on a daily basis, but there are times when questions like this come up. The way our board structure is set up, the boards of all health and social services authorities get their funding from the government, but they’re quite independent in the way they deliver programs and services. As a part of our initiatives -- and the Minister of Finance mentioned it in his budget speech -- I have been working with the committee on the Foundation for Change and part of the Foundation for Change speaks to improved governance, financial management, accountability for programs and services so that we are getting the maximum benefits from our investments and that there is a shared understanding of actual costs and benefits to the system. So one of the large tasks we have undertaken is to define better our financial and accountability arrangement by way of agreement, and that was in Minister Miltenberger’s budget today. This is a new exercise. We want to make it clear to the authority exactly what is expected, and, of course, we are working with the authorities so that they agree to this arrangement, because we see from Member Yakeleya’s question as well as Member Krutko that when we spend $326 million this year, that we want to see accountability and the results on the ground that both the authorities and we understand. I know authorities are working hard, but it may not be exactly what we set out to do and under the current system we don’t have that monitoring that we would like to do. Thank you.
Sandy Lee on Question 202-16(4): Performance Evaluation Of Regional Health Authority Employees
In the Legislative Assembly on January 28th, 2010. See this statement in context.
Question 202-16(4): Performance Evaluation Of Regional Health Authority Employees
Oral Questions
January 27th, 2010
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