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With the looming threat of firing hanging over their heads, at least one Alberta Health Services board member has resigned.
In a Oct. 7 letter obtained by CBC News, Deborah Apps says she can't stand by waiting for Premier Danielle Smith to act on a promise to replace the 12-member board of directors with a commissioner who will report directly to the health minister and premier.
"I fear that the premier-elect's proposals will further destabilize the workplace environment for all health-care workers, adding more uncertainty when frontline staff and those who work tirelessly to lead and assist them require support and thoughtful oversight," Apps wrote in the letter, dated the day after United Conservative Party members voted Smith their new leader.
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The plan has left health-system experts baffled by the purpose of replacing a board whose members were appointed by the UCP government and have little involvement in daily decision making.
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University of Alberta political science professor John Church, who co-authored a book this year on Alberta's health-care system, said successive governments have increasingly centralized control of health care under one entity to prevent pushback from local boards.
He said the AHS board now is a government mouthpiece.
"I don't see how you could look at getting a more compliant group of people in place."
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None of this flux is good for health care, said independent health policy consultant Steven Lewis. He calls AHS "the most complex organization in Alberta by an infinite factor."
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"It's destructive," Church said. "And it's actually dangerous to be running a health care system the way that they're trying to run it."
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Conservatives insisted on creating this monster, removing power from local boards. I believe one of the catalysts was to prevent the Calgary Health Board from throwing their weight around, harming rural regions.
This new endevour is going to be a Smithtastrophe. All because she refuses to accept the science around covid, and is embracing selfish morons and their ridiculous conspiracies and ignorance.