Why does it take a crisis to understand that health workers are our health system?

Now more than ever we need to show our valuable health workers our support by explicitly including them in the capacity planning equation, and implementing protective policies and practices. Otherwise, we’re left with one hand clapping.

A man, pictured on April 16, 2020, walking down Bank Street in Ottawa. Social distancing is a way for us to help moderate the demand side of the equation, but how are we to bolster the capacity side of the equation to keep ahead of that curve? The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY IVY BOURGEAULT, SARAH SIMKIN, AND CAROLINE CHAMBERLAND-ROWE

April 27, 2020

OTTAWA—In country after country, members of the public are clapping from their doorways and balconies to show their appreciation of health workers. It is becoming clearer than ever that our health system is largely our health workers. Ventilators do not work without health workers; testing does n...

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