Protecting Health Care

$44 million to continue addressing inpatient capacity pressures in Saskatoon by adding 60 permanent inpatient beds at Royal University Hospital and St. Paul’s Hospital and supporting service realignment at Saskatoon City Hospital. 

$14 million to enhance emergency medical services , improving wage parity, response times and system capacity across rural, urban and northern communities. 

$14 million to strengthen the Urgent Care Centre in Regina and establish a full medical team for the Saskatoon Urgent Care Centre. 

$8 million to expand pediatric inpatient and neonatal intensive care capacity. 

$6 million to expand CT, MRI and PET/CT diagnostic capacity, adding thousands of additional scans annually. 

$4 million to permanently staff additional ICU beds at St. Paul’s Hospital. 

$2 million for surgical pathways in priority areas including spine, joint replacement and bariatric surgery. 

$7 million to fund additional independent Nurse Practitioner (NP) clinics across the province. 

$2 million to strengthen Patient Medical Homes and enhance team-based care. 

$1 million to enable NP clinics to hire additional health professionals and increase patient attachment. 

$1 million to pilot virtual primary care projects to improve access, particularly for rural and northern residents. 

$1 million to support prevention, testing and treatment initiatives addressing Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infections. 

$220,000 to enhance navigation services at the University of Saskatchewan Chronic Pain Clinic. 

$5 million to strengthen long-term care services, support additional staffing and enhance quality oversight. 

$4 million to expand home care services and advance a province-wide home care software replacement. 

$651,000 to support community-based programs, including the Rural and Remote Memory Clinic – Community-Based Dementia Program and the Autism Resource Centre summer program. 

$6 million to fulfill the commitment to add 500 addictions treatment and recovery spaces by March 2027, including approximately 200 additional spaces this year. 

$5 million to establish a six-bed secure Youth Detox Unit at Calder Centre in Saskatoon and expand Rapid Access Counselling. 

$10 million to advance a Recovery-Oriented System of Care and support Complex Needs Facilities in Prince Albert and North Battleford. 

Continued development of a Central Intake and Navigation System to allow patient self-referrals. 

Province-wide implementation of the Virtual Access to Addictions Medicine program to improve timely access to addictions care. 

$12 million to expand physician training, adding 20 undergraduate medical seats (for a total of 128) and increasing postgraduate residency seats to 160. 

$7 million to enhance physician recruitment and retention initiatives, including expansion of the Rural Physician Incentive Program. 

$2 million to support career laddering opportunities from continuing care assistants to licensed practical nurse to registered nurse. 

$984,000 to support registered nurse to nurse practitioner career laddering opportunities in select communities. 

Continued support for rural and remote recruitment incentives and international licensure pathways. 

$238 million for ongoing construction of the Prince Albert Victoria Hospital; 

$100 million for Regina long-term care specialized bed construction; 

$24 million for the Grenfell long-term care project; 

$22 million for the La Ronge long-term care project; 

$17 million for the Royal University Hospital ICU expansion; 

$8 million for the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency Saskatoon Patient Lodge; 

$8 million for Complex Needs Facilities renovations; 

$8 million for Phase Two of the Regina Electrical Infrastructure Renewal Program; 

$5 million for equipment and information technology at the Saskatoon Urgent Care Centre; 

$4 million for provincial planning of new urgent care centres in Prince Albert, North Battleford and Moose Jaw, and second urgent care centres in Regina and Saskatoon; 

$3 million for a new six-bed Youth Detox Unit at Calder Centre in Saskatoon; 

$2 million to establish a Regina-based Multiple Sclerosis Clinic;

$2 million for Regina long-term care standard bed capital upgrades; and,

• Yorkton Regional Health Centre;

• Rosthern Hospital;

• Esterhazy Integrated Care Facility; and,

• Battlefords and District Care Centre.