Interior Health to develop a business plan for expanded cancer care services in Kamloops | NL radio

Interior Health to develop a business plan for expanded cancer care services in Kamloops

Work on creating a long term vision for cancer care services at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops appears to be coming down the pipe this year.

Its part of Interior Health’s 2023/24 funding request to the Thompson Regional Hospital District (TRHD) for construction projects valued over $100,000.

The total budget for the Cancer Services business plan, comes at a price tag of $700,000, with IH saying the TRHD’s share would be $280,000.

IH’s Director of Business Operations, Dianne Kostachuk says they brought forward their major capital projects funding request earlier than normal this year.

“In previous years, we would have

FCA Business Plan focus: oversight of Appointed Representatives

The FCA’s Business Plan for 2023/24, covered in overview in our earlier post, reiterates the FCA’s focus on reducing misconduct that can cause serious harm, and includes six commitments and related actions the FCA plans to take over the coming year.

Principal firms, appointed representatives (ARs) and anyone considering entering an AR relationship should note the FCA’s continuing commitment to improving oversight of ARs.

This follows the introduction of new rules which came into force in December 2022 (see our posts here and here for a recap). The new regime strengthens the responsibilities and expectations of principals and imposes new

Peace River School Division approved for Class 1 Driver Program business plan

The Peace River School Division (PRSD) has received approval from Alberta Education to develop a business plan for a Class 1 Driver Education Program. Superintended Adam Murray says they have received feedback from people who own and operate truck farms on Class Drivers’ needs.

“Currently, I’m getting feedback from people who own and operate small trucking farms, that on any given day 30% of the trucks that could be driving and transporting goods are parked due to a shortage of drivers.”

Murray says they are exploring the program as it is quite beneficial for students’ success and will create a

Time to become Virtually perfect

Some might believe that the COVID ’19 pandemic was the harbinger of a heightened digital health wave, while others might believe that the pandemic simply hastened the process of its evolution and adoption. I, for one, stand by the latter. The Digital Health market size was around US$ 195.1 billion in 2021, and is estimated to substantially grow to around US$ 780.05 billion by 2030¹. The spending on digital healthcare solutions is estimated to reach US$ 244 billion by 2025². Digital Health companies have been slowly simmering, brewing, adapting and growing, and have seized the market when the