EDMONTON—Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is eager to show that her government can finally put the pieces of a dismantled provincial health-care system back together again in the new year.
In a recent year-end interview, Smith said work that began in 2023 to create four new organizations in place of one health authority is almost complete, but there’s still more to do.
“Next year, I think, will be the real proof of the new model,” she said.
Critics have said the restructuring would separate decision-making into silos, make the system more difficult for patients and workers to navigate, add layers of bureaucracy and fail to address the shortage of health-care workers and hospital beds….