Wait times are getting worse: report card

The physician organization that tracks the amount of time patients wait for medical care delivered some bad news June 19, warning that there has been a "decline in performance" in solving wait-time issues. "After making progress in recent years, at least against government benchmarks, it now appears that some provinces are being left behind in the battle to reduce the time patients wait for health care," said Dr. Chris Simpson, chair of the Wait Time Alliance (WTA). Read the full news report here and the WTA 2012 report card, Shedding Light on Canadians' Total Wait for Care, here.