From the Interim Chair: Redrawing health care fault lines There are many strands that must be strengthened in our health care system to improve safety. This fall, the Health Council is looking at no-fault patient compensation as a key to safer health care. FULL STORY Health care: liable to improve? Despite best intentions, mistakes happen in health care – sometimes with tragic consequences. Are there international lessons for Canada about how to constructively deal with health care errors? FULL STORY Health Council teams up with Longwoods again on patient safety The Health Council of Canada is proud to co-sponsor the second edition of Healthcare Quarterly specifically dedicated to issues of patient safety. The Health Council supports all efforts to improve the quality of care Canadians receive. This issue will be available after Oct. 16 at www.longwoods.com. National children’s health organization takes up Health Council report Invest In Kids will tuck a copy of the Health Council of Canada’s recent report on children and youth into training kits across the country. FULL STORY