Heartbeat Of Care

Canada’s healthcare is built on dedication, skill, compassion, and teamwork. Yet, too often, the people who keep it running are undervalued.

Learn more about the thousands of indispensable professionals who are key to ensuring we all get the healthcare we need. They work every day to keep care alive, on the front lines and behind the scenes.

Sign up to get more information, hear powerful stories, and learn how you can support these workers and champion strong public healthcare for all.

SYSTEM SCAN:
IN PROGRESS

Discover the Team Keeping Care Alive

STATUS: VITAL

Role: ADMINISTRATION

Impact: WAIT TIMES REDUCED

Role: MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELLING

Impact: SUPPORT DELIVERED

Role: phlebotomist

Impact: DIAGNOSIS ENABLED

Every day, Canadians rely on public healthcare to respond in times of crisis, to care for their loved ones and to provide support across life’s most challenging moments. The strength of this care is built on a foundation of specialized expertise and clinical skill from a vast team of professionals. Their integral contributions, though often unrecognized, are the steady force that keeps quality care running.

The Heartbeat of Care campaign asks us all to look deeper, to recognize and celebrate those who make safe, compassionate, and reliable care possible in every community. Their commitment powers every diagnosis, every recovery, and every act of healing.

THE HEARTBEAT OF CARE

When Canadians think of healthcare, a few familiar roles often come to mind. But in truth, it takes a united team—working across every part of care and at every step—to keep our care strong. From maintaining safe environments and managing vital systems to delivering expertise, support, and comfort, these dedicated workers make quality care possible every day.

We invite you to take a moment to recognize and celebrate those that make safe, reliable, and quality care possible in every community. Their commitment and expertise powers every diagnosis, every recovery, and every act of healing.

Let’s work toward a future where every health care worker is valued, respected, and supported. Our public health care depends on all of us, together.

WHY IT MATTERS

Our healthcare is a network of dedication and skill that touches every patient and family. A caring team of skilled professionals and highly trained support staff keep environments safe, guide healing, provide answers, and connect every part of care, ensuring dignity, hope, and reassurance.

When we value every role, we are being honest about what it takes to deliver care to everyone who needs it. We can retain knowledge and expertise while attracting new talent to help resolve staffing shortages. We can demonstrate to policymakers how investing in strong, well-funded public healthcare improves care for everyone.

To support the Heartbeat of Care is to do more than express thanks. It’s to protect public care for all, and to honour every worker, every role, and every heartbeat that keeps our healthcare alive.

ALERT: SUPPORT NEEDED

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Join us in shaping a future where every member of the care team is respected, valued, and supported for their vital part in the heartbeat of healthcare.