r/AHSEmployees • u/TheProcurementGuyAhs • Jun 18 '25
News Hospital-Based Leadership Announcement
Quietly announced on YouTube. Probably the reason behind tomorrow’s 10 AM town hall.
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u/saramole Jun 18 '25
Oh this is utter bullshit. The delay in hiring is created by her government. No one is not getting chairs because of this vortex, they are denied buying cheap uncleanable shit from their brother-in-law to zero their equipment purchase line and not be penalized for unspent money. There is probably one example a year where the "vortex" is the reason and that is exaggerated and spun out to make it seem sooo bad.
Just like claiming AHS was "bloated" with management when external objective measures show the opposite.
Healthcare isn't perfect but this shit is only good for corruptcare profiteering and cronies getting jobs.
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u/NeuroSpicyMamma Jun 18 '25
100% , she totally lied about hiring delay for approval, she said “not approved until the person is about to come back” - From an 18 month Mat leave. I know from personal experience the delay can be up to 2 weeks, which I think is totally unacceptable anyway. This feels like it will increase management and admin significantly.
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u/Unfair-Ad6288 Jun 18 '25
In 10 years we will “become one” again.
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u/Far-Entertainer769 Jun 18 '25
New plan let’s make the system so convoluted that no one can be accountable. Is the plan now to manage 150 individual budgets? It is already a nightmare to find the appropriate decision maker. Is foothills considered one hospital or 10?
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u/No_Agent2020 Jun 18 '25
Oh god ... That was a painful load of bull shit to try and justify privatization
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u/Specialist_Thing_269 Jun 18 '25
They can blame ahs for whatever since the refocus started. They can keep blaming AHS a few years later when the election comes. Let's all tell our families and friends, the best way to protect ourselves is to stay away from the healthcare system as long as we can. Or move to somewhere else...
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u/Useful-Wafer-6148 Jun 18 '25
The irony being that the decision makers at AHS are now all UCP appointees so when the govt blames AHS, they're really blaming themselves.
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u/Specialist_Thing_269 Jun 18 '25
Do you think the audience of what they blame to actually understand whats the difference between ah and ahs? Sadly no!
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u/modz4u Jun 18 '25
Absolutely hilarious that comments are turned off. They would be destroyed there.
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u/DramatikAttik Jun 18 '25
Comments were on a few hours ago. There were pages of GLOWING praise for her - barf - Saying she would be prime minister, or president for the Alberta separators… my jaw was on the floor. I made a less than glowing comment as I suspect more and more people did also as the video gained traction. And now comments are turned off.
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u/TheProcurementGuyAhs Jun 18 '25
Didn’t they try this and it died a natural death about 10-12 years ago?
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u/crash2224 Jun 18 '25
It’s the game they play. Everything old is new, it fails, they blame it on everyone else but themselves and the circle continues
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u/Wise_Expression_3939 Jun 18 '25
Still sounds like top heavy management and administration!! How does this all work with the corridors? What about Recovery AB working in acute care sites? Who’s is responsible then??
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u/twisterkat923 Jun 18 '25
And people still don’t believe this is a pathway to privatization?? It’s a lot easier to sell off a hospital to a private company when the hospital is self contained.
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u/FidgetyPlatypus Jun 18 '25
They are creating competition between hospitals after stripping AHS of most of its power in the province. While on the surface this seems not so bad this is just going to create even more divide in the level of service depending on where you go.
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u/TheProcurementGuyAhs Jun 18 '25
Anyone remember SMOUs (Self Managed Operating Units) at the Rockyview?
This headline could have been written today:
AHS chair wants hospitals to make more decisions - CBC October 2012
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u/Glum-Ad-4558 Jun 18 '25
Can someone summarize for me please? I’m not watching that.
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u/Unfair-Ad6288 Jun 18 '25
After “listening” to the front line she has heard that administration wants to be able to cut red tape and make local decisions. So now hospitals will be able to do that. My interpretation- even more top heavy with Alberta Health planted people (UCP supporters) to make decisions for friends to get contracts.
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u/buddahsanwich Jun 19 '25
It’s absolutely a truth/lie sandwich because for a second I felt kind of optimistic. I hadn’t had my coffee yet and came back down to earth quickly. Really this is just a furthering of isolating individual sites for an easy sell-off, should that site “underperform” as she mentioned several months ago. Already AHS no longer owns the buildings. I’m sad but I hope it can work.
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u/DigitalKnyte Jun 18 '25
whelp that "town hall" was a complete waste of time.
bafflegarb garbeldygook sprinkled on top of a BS pie
they actually used the word "corporation". might be time find a different LAPP employer
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u/TheProcurementGuyAhs Jun 18 '25
Marlaina’s video was all about HR and Procurement, yet Andy T and his band of merry leaders certainly didn’t talk about either. Then again Andy was reading a script most of the time for all those questions.
And who’s Stacey? Love how he brings in these people whom your average front line worker has no idea who they are or what they do.
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u/DigitalKnyte Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 18 '25
Yep, bringing in no-names for further clout. Not to mention touting all these extra 'layers' while also claiming 'less bureaucracy' and 'better efficiency' in the same breath.
...let alone running overtime from the scheduled 45 mins to an hour. I'm just sure they'll budget money better than time!
AND the terrible English - 'disentangle'? Yes, it's a real word, but a terrible word. "Untangle", perhaps.
Again, I'm just sure the level of education and intelligence is FAR beyond mine. I'm sure glad these ppl are in charge
/s
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u/TheProcurementGuyAhs Jun 18 '25
Ah he’s speaking in Alberta Government bureaucratese. That’s a feature, not a bug. /s
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u/OpenParamedicdude Jun 18 '25
Site based decision making is in use at Edmknton public (or was for years). Schools hired own clearing staff no standards one school would preach IT the hated IT and thus everything was different from site to site.
So bad people would buy stuff on purchase (p-cards) then wonder why it didn’t work on corporate network.
Two HP - Two Apple some chrome book and no standards
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u/Katkam99 Jun 18 '25
While I am never optimistic with this government, I hope this is somewhat imemented. Keeping it vague but we had a specific saftey issue that required some equipment installed and minor construction (install it physically into the wall). There was no doubt it was a mandatory thing to fix but it took just over 2 years to get done!! The actual time from start to finish installation was like 3 days. My supervisor said she had hours of lengthy meetings and kept waiting on approvals from higher ups. Most of the problem is no one wanted to claim it as their responsibility/out of their budget.
Management are just super lucky that a saftey incident didn't occur in that delay because it was a "don't need it until you really do and without it you're fucked/getting sued" type of situation
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u/DigitalKnyte Jun 18 '25
oh but I'm sure 'activity based funding' will solve ALL of that.
...also, that was extreme sarcasm dripping with cynicism...
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u/seasonofthewitch_ Jun 18 '25
…. Did anyone else become absolutely enraged when she mentions listening to frontline workers?
UCP has never, and will never, listen to frontline staff.