Patient Wait Times Guarantee (PWTG) Pilot Project Fund

No further funding is available.

In March 2007, all provinces and territories agreed to establish a Patient Wait Times Guarantee in one clinical area by March 2010. To support this work, the Government of Canada announced up to $30 million over three years (2007-08 to 2009-10) for the Patient Wait Times Guarantee (PWTG) Pilot Project Fund, a component of the Health Care Policy Contribution Program. The purpose of the Pilot Project Fund was to inform the development of guarantees across the country through projects which developed, implemented and tested innovative approaches.

The PWTG Pilot Project Fund supported provincial and territorial governments in:

• developing and assessing tools to establish and meet guarantees (including the provision of recourse for patients when guaranteed timeframes for treatment are exceeded),
• identifying and addressing policy and operational issues associated with establishing PWTGs, and
• encouraging collaboration and the exchange of best practices.

Eleven projects covering a broad range of clinical areas and innovative approaches received funding under this initiative.

For a copy of Health Canada's Patient Wait Times Guarantee Pilot Project Fund – Summative Evaluation (March 14, 2011), please contact the Departmental Performance Measurement and Evaluation Directorate.