OHS 2024: Trouble in sight, prevention makes it right!

The FIQ is firmly convinced that the many reforms in the health network have undermined it, both for patients and for healthcare professionals. It has long been recognized that health and safety prevention must be carried out locally if it is to be effective. The Dubé reform will undoubtedly distance decision-makers from the realities of healthcare settings through the creation of the Santé Québec megastructure. What’s more, the number of employment injuries continues to rise from one reform to the next. By making the structures even larger, we are moving further away from prevention. How can this latest merger be different?

The FIQ is concerned about a number of mental health-related shocks, especially work-related stress for healthcare professionals who will go through these changes. It is essential to remain vigilant about the risks that these changes will have on workers. It will be all the more important for a culture of prevention to emerge from the Act to modernize the occupational health and safety system. The new prevention and participation mechanisms will hopefully have the effect of mitigating the consequences of this reform. All of them will have their place in this new culture, which has yet to be built despite the turmoil.