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Priorities for the 2025-26 Federal Budget

1 Aug 2024

Funding must ensure the effective implementation of the government’s vision to improve access to effective drugs and better outcomes for patients and the health system. [...] Chief Patient Officer: Budget 2025-26 direct the Minister of Health to appoint a Chief Patient Officer to ensure that patient expertise, values, voices and outcomes are recognized and drive reform, policies and practices, decision making and ongoing work. [...] As its mission, the BMC seeks timely access to a comprehensive range of medically necessary, safe, and effective drugs and related treatments, informed by patient-driven evidence and values, and delivered equitably and affordably to all patients in Canada. [...] The role and contribution of the CDA must be clearly articulated and focused on improving patient care and outcomes and funded accordingly. [...] The BMC seeks timely access to a comprehensive range of medically necessary, safe, and effective drugs and related treatments, informed by patient-driven evidence and values, and delivered equitably and affordably to all patients in Canada.

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