Gastroenterological referral

Gastroenterology service

Referral to ear, nose and throat service

referral to an adjustment service

Group practices would ensure round-the-clock, seven-days-a-week coverage. Services to include health promotion and disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment, referral to hospitals and specialists, coordination of continuum of care, and referral to social care.

We have a real problem in our system where as soon as you move from one silo to another and then to primary care, such as being referred to a specialist, from a community service trying to get access to primary care or vice versa, in the Emergency Department being sent home or an in-patient being sent home, as soon as you cross the transition, the system begins to fall apart rapidly.

Can our nurse do blood tests, for instance, or is this simply a service that refers us to other health services off the Hill?

Q-240 — Mr. Jaffer (Edmonton—Strathcona) — With regard to ports of entry into Canada: (a) what are the standards used by all customs officers across Canada to determine a high-risk traveller or shipment, and what is the standard procedure as to what to do with such a traveller or shipment once it is determined to be high-risk; (b) under what standard procedure are customs officers expected to refer travellers to immigration officers, and is there any standard for immigration officers to notify customs officers as to the results of such referrals; if it is determined that a traveller should be referred to an Immigration officer and there is no immigration offic ...[+++]er at that location, what is the standard procedure that a customs officer should follow; (c) why are there no joint Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) evaluations planned to determine the effectiveness of customs officers and immigration officers at the border; (d) is there a standard for the sharing of data and intelligence between customs officers and immigration officers; (e) is there a standard referral procedure by which customs officers can clearly determine by which points should a traveller be referred to immigration officers; (f) is there an agreement between the CCRA and CIC that would provide for periodic evaluations to be performed jointly by CCRA and CIC to determine the effectiveness of their joint operations; (g) what percentage of the time does the Primary Automated Lookout System-Highway equipment correctly read licence plates of vehicles stopped at border crossing booths; (h) what facilities exist for examining commercial shipments at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor and where are they located in relation to the bridge customs site: (i) what is the standard procedure for ensuring that truck operators told to report to the facility actually arrive there; and (ii) under what circumstances would procedures dictate that a truck be escort ...