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Announcement looming on future of primary healthcare in Alberta

Adriana LaGrange, Minister of Health for Alberta, makes a health care announcement in Calgary on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol

By Lauryn Heintz

Posted October 15, 2024 7:24 am.

Last Updated October 15, 2024 7:29 am.

News is expected Tuesday on the future of primary healthcare in Alberta.

Minister of Health Adriana LaGrange is set to speak in Calgary at 10 a.m. where she will announce the next steps to “refocus and strengthen” primary care.

Few details are known at this time, however the minister will be joined by the incoming CEO of Primary Care Alberta, who at this point remains unnamed.

In November, the province announced its plans to decentralize Alberta Health Services (AHS) after almost 14 years.

At the time, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said her government would create one provincial healthcare system with “specialized areas of focus” by dividing AHS into four separate organizations, being primary care, acute care, continuing care, and mental health and addictions.

Mental health and addictions was the first department to face changes; as of September, Recovery Alberta oversees those services.

This is a developing story.

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