Health Council of Canada to release report on "Why Health Care Renewal Matters"

On Thursday the 13th of November, the Health Council of Canada will release a report entitled "Why Health Care Renewal Matters: Learning from Canadians with Chronic Health Conditions."

More than nine million Canadians suffer from one or more chronic health conditions such as diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, heart disease, arthritis, and mood disorders.

In this report, we turn to Canadians living with chronic health conditions to learn from them about their experiences with care, and demonstrate why health care renewal matters to individuals whose health and well-being are at stake.
Collectively, we bear the significant, and growing, health care and economic burden of our failure to prevent chronic conditions and to provide high quality chronic illness care.

This report is the second in a series in which the Health Council examines whether Canada's health care system is meeting the needs of people with chronic health conditions and how changes to care can improve health outcomes.

The highlights of the report will be presented coming Thursday at 10 am in Richmond, B.C.