Arthritis Society Canada
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Adopt recommendations to implement electronic arthritis triage tool and care pathway focused on population-based approaches to improving appropriate and early diagnosis and treatment for people living with arthritis that can improve wait for joint replacement surgeries.
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Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly, Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly
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Health, Hospitals
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Advocacy to treat medical cannabis as medicine: remove the tax and enable its distribution through pharmacy with guidance from a health professional.
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Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly, Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation, Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly
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Cannabis, Health, Taxation and Finance
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Pilot, expand and implement new models of team-based arthritis care and community-based joint management programs to enable earlier diagnosis and appropriate care pathways for people living with arthritis, with a goal to reduce wait times for care.
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Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly, Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly, Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Finances and Budgets, Health, Hospitals, Non-Profit Organization
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Policy recommendations related to access to arthritis treatments - medications and devices.
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Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly, Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly
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Health
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Policy recommendations related to access to arthritis treatments - medications and devices.
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Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly, Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly
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Health
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Seeking funding from Ministry of Health to allocate to improving access to arthritis care, research and innovation, and public awareness about arthritis as highlighted in State of Arthritis in Canada Report Card.
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Decision by the Executive Council or a member of the Executive Council to have the private sector instead of the Crown provide goods or services to the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Introduction, amendment, passage or defeat of any Bill or resolution in or before the Legislative Assembly, Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development of any legislative proposal by the government of British Columbia, a Provincial entity or a member of the Legislative Assembly
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Finances and Budgets, Health, Non-Profit Organization
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