Health committee  Yes. We were seeing a large number of very sick, very young children who needed that level of care in the hospital. Their supply was critical.

Health committee  I think clear and consistent recommendations from trusted leaders, whether those are health care professionals or folks like you, are really important to help parents make those decisions to immunize their children and themselves in a timely fashion. It's the same with the maski

Health committee  My perspective is quite consistent with Mr. Harrington's. What we have also learned from speaking with international experts, particularly those leading children's hospitals in Australia, is that their experience largely mirrored what we're seeing now in terms of a larger than

Health committee  Typically, RSV would peak in the January and February time frame. Typically, our flu virus season would be a little bit later and towards the holiday season as well, so we're definitely seeing an early onset of both of these two respiratory illnesses. I'm not confident to say th

Health committee  Sure. Some of them are consistent with what we heard Dr. Ahmed, I believe it was, speak to earlier in thinking about how we create a pan-Canadian critical medications list specifically for children. It's also thinking about how we coordinate education and communications campaig

Health committee  Every single day now for several weeks, our emergency departments across the country are seeing these unprecedented demands. You heard me speak of capacity well over 100% very consistently from coast to coast. I think the hard truth is that we have an undersized health care sys

Health committee  I think we need to make sure that every child, youth and family has access to safe and effective medications for sick children, regardless of where they're located in Canada.

Health committee  I think we need to make sure that we have access to these medications in rural communities and retail pharmacies, as well as in our community hospitals, our children's hospitals, and wherever we're seeing children and youth across the country. This is an essential medicine that e

Health committee  Good afternoon, and thank you for the return invitation. My name is Emily Gruenwoldt, and I am the CEO of Children's Healthcare Canada and the executive director of the Pediatric Chairs of Canada. Children's Healthcare Canada is a national association. We represent all 16 of C

Health committee  I think we heard earlier that we've observed some very positive early outcomes in terms of accessibility to health care services, especially for families of children with complex medical conditions who are making frequent visits. It saves time. It saves dollars. It supports them

Health committee  No, we do not.

Health committee  No problem.

Health committee  That's probably a great question for your two pediatricians, but my observation would be that a piecemeal approach to addressing children's health and well-being—physical health and mental health—has not served us well to date and, I think, is not what is required to get us...or

Health committee  What we have been encouraging parents to do is lean into trusted resources, their pediatrician or their children's hospitals, for other sources of information or advice to manage pain. There is also a federally funded NCE program called Solutions for Kids in Pain that offers a nu

Health committee  I'm not a mental health practitioner, but we do know that children and youth have struggled in academic environments. Being in and out of school over the course of the pandemic has likely served to stress a particular population of children who weren't thriving in the at-home env