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Back to Clear Report
I believe that the Clair report is one of those which had the most promising proposals for modern solutions for our system. Although on the surface there was a broad consensus on his proposals, the application of the latter came up against a wall of resistance on the part of certain groups. For example, he recommended the implementation of nurse practitioners on the front line to increase access to care, which will have taken more than 20 years to achieve and which still encounters many limits. Mr. Clair should be part of the strategic team we need to rebuild our health care system.
Nicole Ricard, retired nurse
good managers
This is what is missing in our big health care system. A doctor is not a manager. There are very good managers in NPOs, like the Red Cross, to name it. The Minister of Health has nothing to lose by looking for a good financial director to put him in charge of a hospital. In less than a year, it is obvious that several changes will be necessary and it is only a professional in administration who will succeed… and not a doctor.
Francine Welcome
Have a constructive attitude
Thank you for this very enlightening report which accurately illustrates the vision and the changes to be made in the health network. We are at the point of no return. The urgency to act is now. Union pressure groups of doctors, managers, and other health professionals will certainly take to the media to complain in hopes of defeating any reform in order to preserve their position of power and their advantages. Their approach has been successful over the past 30 years, with the results that we know. It is high time to put aside political partisanship and union disputes so that everyone works together with a constructive attitude to achieve this social project.
Nicole Labbe
The failed merger of Gaétan Barrette
The establishment of CSSSs by territory with regional agencies to ensure the cohesion of services and accountability was a winning formula for services to the population of each territory. But Minister Gaétan Barrette came to spoil everything with his latest merger (CISSS and CIUSSS) under his great authority. This merger came to alter the whole dynamic of the territories and the region where I evolved as a manager. The managers of my CSSS formed a united and collaborative team. To reinforce this dynamic, we had an annual two-day formation meeting in a large inn on the edge of a lake; each manager who took part in this meeting paid for their accommodation, transportation, beverages and part of the meals. The Ministry of Health and Social Services forbade us to continue even if we paid the majority of the fees because it looked bad. The team spirit took for its cold.
Marc Brosseau, Mauricie
Track invested money
I can’t wait to see Mr. Dubé’s quantified “checklist” for refoundation. I admit that I would like to check off the progress of the work on the “check list” and be able to follow the money invested in it.
Carol Office
One thing at a time
When a good cleaning is needed in my house, I start by making room by getting rid of what I no longer need. Then I assess what I need first and take action, repeating to myself, “Give me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can. and the wisdom to know the difference”. Amen.
Lucille Cyr
Put an end to preserves
Everything I hear represents what I have heard over the past 40 years, which is to always look elsewhere to solve the problem of access to health care. I almost never see that we should train many more doctors and nurses, because the colleges of these professions do not seem very keen on the idea of distributing the income of doctors among more members.
One of the problems today is that new doctors no longer want to work 80 hours a week and have 2,000 or 3,000 patients who are going to wait months to be able to see him. I understand them! Frankly ! It’s the same problem for nurses who prefer to work part-time rather than full-time, plus the mandatory overtime. Misery!
We can talk again and again about how to regulate the administration of health in Quebec, if we always look aside from the first solution, we will always have results that go around in circles. For me, “no more preserves” of orders and unions. Let’s act! The results will be felt only in 10 years, given the duration of training for these professionals, so act quickly, please!
Robert Coron, Mirabel