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Program directory · Correctional Service Canada

Clinical Services and Public Health

Program code
BUJ04 (CSC)
Core responsibility
Care and Custody
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

The Clinical Services and Public Health Program contributes to the humane custody of inmates by providing essential health care and reasonable access to non-essential health care in accordance with professionally accepted standards.

Key activities across the continuum of care include disease prevention and control, health promotion, screening, assessment and treatment, hospital care, referral to medical specialists, pharmacy services and release planning.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Clinical Services and Public Health 2018-19: $166MClinical Services and Public Health 2019-20: $184MClinical Services and Public Health 2020-21: $228MClinical Services and Public Health 2021-22: $203MClinical Services and Public Health 2022-23: $210MClinical Services and Public Health 2023-24: $232MClinical Services and Public Health 2024-25: $264MClinical Services and Public Health 2025-26: $257MClinical Services and Public Health 2026-27: $261MClinical Services and Public Health 2027-28: $259MClinical Services and Public Health 2028-29: $258MClinical Services and Public HealthClinical and Public Health…Clinical Services and Public Health
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data. The line at the bottom shows this program's names over time.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Clinical Services and Public HealthThis program2018-19 – 2028-29$1.49B

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.

YearWhat changedSource
2020-21Renamed from “Clinical and Public Health Services” to “Clinical Services and Public Health”.GC InfoBase program names by year
2026-27Indicators added: Percentage of inmates with chronic illness who have their symptoms under controlDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Indicators dropped: Percentage of inmates who completed HCV treatment that achieved sustained viral response; Percentage of inmates with an HIV infection that are on treatmentDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Historical: targets against results

Percentage of inmates who completed HCV treatment that achieved sustained viral response
Expected result: Efficient, effective clinical and public health services to offenders that encourage individual responsibility, promote healthy reintegration and contribute to safe communities
99.3%2018-19✓ met97.3%2019-20✓ met95%2020-21✓ met94.9%2021-22✓ met97.3%2022-23✓ met91.2%2023-24✓ met95.7%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 90%201999.3%Met
2019-20≥ 90%202097.3%Met
2020-21≥ 90%202195%Met
2021-22≥ 90%202294.9%Met
2022-23≥ 90%202397.3%Met
2023-24≥ 90%202491.2%Met
2024-25≥ 90%202595.7%Met
Percentage of inmates with an HIV infection that are on treatment
Expected result: Efficient, effective clinical and public health services to offenders that encourage individual responsibility, promote healthy reintegration and contribute to safe communities
98.6%2018-19✓ met97.6%2019-20✓ met98%2020-21✓ met99.2%2021-22✓ met97.6%2022-23✓ met93.8%2023-24✓ met98.1%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 90%201998.6%Met
2019-20≥ 90%202097.6%Met
2020-21≥ 90%202198%Met
2021-22≥ 90%202299.2%Met
2022-23≥ 90%202397.6%Met
2023-24≥ 90%202493.8%Met
2024-25≥ 95%202598.1%Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Percentage of inmates with chronic illness who have their symptoms under control
Expected result: Efficient, effective clinical and public health services to inmates that encourage individual responsibility, promote healthy reintegration and contribute to safe communities
51%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27≥ 51%2027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $143M2018-19: $166M2018-192019-20: $154M2019-20: $184M2019-202020-21: $177M2020-21: $228M2020-212021-22: $187M2021-22: $203M2021-222022-23: $194M2022-23: $210M2022-232023-24: $198M2023-24: $232M2023-242024-25: $224M2024-25: $264M2024-252025-26: $257M2025-262026-27: $261M2026-272027-28: $259M2027-282028-29: $258M2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$143M$166M
2019-20$154M$184M
2020-21$177M$228M
2021-22$187M$203M
2022-23$194M$210M
2023-24$198M$232M
2024-25$224M$264M
2025-26$257M—
2026-27$261M—
2027-28$259M*—
2028-29$258M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 7432018-19: 7502018-192019-20: 7592019-20: 7692019-202020-21: 7782020-21: 8862020-212021-22: 8802021-22: 9502021-222022-23: 8792022-23: 9682022-232023-24: 9692023-24: 1,0022023-242024-25: 1,0822024-25: 1,0522024-252025-26: 1,0592025-262026-27: 1,0822026-272027-28: 1,0792027-282028-29: 1,0792028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19743750
2019-20759769
2020-21778886
2021-22880950
2022-23879968
2023-249691,002
2024-251,0821,052
2025-261,059—
2026-271,082—
2027-281,079*—
2028-291,079*—

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.