Minutes - 2011-06-17 (June 17) - Health and Social Services

Agenda Item Decisions & Action /
Next Steps / Process / Timing
Person
Responsible
• Health system includes doctors, hospitals and
nurses. They are included in Insured Health
care. These legislative services have to happen.
The left over money has to go to the nonlegislative
services which are discretionary areas
for the Department.
• 2 years ago consultants were hired to review
financially how to sustain health care.
• A steering committee was formed to review
Health Care Costs across Canada and what has
happened in Yukon.
• From that, came 43 possible actions on how we
can manage changes.
• This went to the Legislative Assembly and was
debated for over two days. One result was that
all parties agreed that they were not supportive of
fee increases for health services.
• There was a range of public responses to the
report - some people wanted to increase the cost
for some services but others did not. Not all
Yukoners participated.
There are 3 big challenges the department faces:
• What kind of value do we get for the money we’re
spending? – we want the best health outcomes
for individuals.
Value and quality of health care.
Are decisions based on good evidence?
Cost effectiveness?
• Is the right kind of care out there? (Right doctors,
nurses, community based care, etc.).
• Health System Management.
Managing Expectations:
• Of the public as service providers (I.e.: right
equipment, working conditions…).
• Of lobby groups.
How to View Health Care:
The majority of costs of health care are all in
acute care services. We need to look at what
money is leftover and how do we use it to
cover all the other health care costs?
National Question:
• As an example of major decisions, consider the