Ryan Hurley

Improving awareness of liver diseases, and the role of healthcare experts involved in liver health. Seeking to make Canadians aware of signs of liver disease, including behaviours or products that can increase chance of liver disease, and advocate for early screening and treatment.

Improving awareness of liver diseases, and the role of healthcare experts involved in liver health. Seeking to make Canadians aware of signs of liver disease, including behaviours or products that can increase chance of liver disease, and advocate for early screening and treatment.

The CHC supports the establishment of a national pharamcare program, based on the recommendations contained in the Final Report of the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare (2019). The CHC supports the establishment of national standards for long term care, supported through conditional federal financial funding. The CHC supports the Canada Health Act and the enforcement of its provisions by the federal government using its spending authority. The CHC support Canada's voluntary-collection system for blood and blood products, including plasma. It opposes the paid-collection of blood and blood products.

Remove the requirement that employees of the federal public service must get a referral from a medical doctor before qualifying for reimbursement for physiotherapy services under the Public Service Health Care Plan. Raise awareness about the role of physiotherapy within a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare and educate policymakers on how physiotherapy can help reduce healthcare costs, support preventative care and contribute to a healthier Canadian population at all stages of life. Internationally Educated Health Professionals: Monitoring issues related to emerging needs of profession and population. Improving access to safe and effective pain management, such as physiotherapy, as an upstream response to the opioid crisis Health Human Resource Strategy: Explore opportunities to develop health human resource strategy for the profession of physiotherapy. Enable support and funding for those communities that could potentially benefit most from telerehabilitation services, including Indigenous, First Nations, Inuit and Metis and rural and remote populations, where infrastructure may presently exclude them from access (no cellular or internet service/access) Caseload Guidelines: Joint application for funding from Health Canada for Caseload Guidelines development for Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy. and Speech Language Pathology. Canada's response to COVID-19 pandemic: ensure personal protective equipment is available to physiotherapists working in all health care settings. Canada's COVID-19 Economic Response Plan - changes to financial supports provided in response to COVID-19 pandemic to ensure physiotherapists are included in supports, regardless of business models in place. Programs of interest include Canada Emergency Response Benefit, Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, Canada Emergency Business Account and Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program. Adult physiotherapy services covered under the Non-Insured Health Benefits program

Seeking the establishment of a federal Canada Water Agency Seeking legislation for a public, universal pharmacare program Seeking just transition legislation that protects workers, communities, and the planet. Seeking a national citizens' assembly on electoral reform so each vote has equal value and there is increased government accountability to all citizens Advocating for all remaining drinking water advisories in First Nations communities to be addressed and lifted

Funding for Implementation of the Framework for Diabetes tables by the Minister of Health on October 5, 2022

Federal role in the health system as it relates to funding, the use of federal spending power, and pan-Canadian priorities, including in the areas of physical and digital infrastructure, health workforce, immigration, aging, older adult care, child and youth health, mental health and substance use, palliative care, cybersecurity, Indigenous health, environment, and data. Advancing Canada’s health research and innovation agenda as it relates to funding, policy and program design, and regulatory matters, including in the areas of clinical trials and development of innovative medical treatments.