Horizon Health Network

• N.B. man discharged after surgery ends up having to call 911 on the way home

  A New Brunswick couple is angry and speaking out, alleging the 83-year-old man was released from hospital but ended up convulsing in the car from a serious infection.

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  Sep 4
  
• ‘This can’t continue’: No value for money in N.B. use of travel nurses, auditor says

  The province's auditor general said the roughly $173 million the province spent on travel nurses was not justified and didn't correlate to COVID-19-related staff vacancies.

  Health

  Jun 4
  
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• Horizon to expand, open more community health clinics across New Brunswick

  The health authority is looking to create three new collaborative care-style practices that will house a number of different practitioners under one roof.

  Health

  Feb 28
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• N.B. health authority says it’s working to improve strained emergency departments

  New Brunswick’s Horizon Health Network says it is working on improvements as emergency department wait times and hospital capacity remain at critical levels.

  Health

  Jan 12
• New Brunswick Nurses Union asks province to end travel nurse usage

  Travel nurses are hired through private agencies for short-term placements, and are paid significantly more than regular nurses.

  Health

  Dec 5, 2023
• New Brunswick health authority faces asbestos-related charges linked to hospital

  New Brunswick’s health authority is facing four workplace safety charges for potentially exposing some employees at a Fredericton hospital to asbestos.

  Health

  Sep 19, 2023
• Know a doctor? A N.B. health authority will pay you $2,000 if you can recruit for them

  On Thursday, the Horizon Health Network announced it will be offering a lump sum to anyone able to successfully refer a physician to work for the N.B. health authority.

  Health

  Jul 20, 2023
• Family of Lexi Daken not confident coroner’s inquest will lead to changes in N.B. health care

  Details on the days leading up Lexi Daken's death in 2021 will be shared during an inquest Nov. 6-10 at the University of New Brunswick Law School in Fredericton.

  Health

  Jul 6, 2023
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• New Brunswick doctors raising concerns over lab services

  Doctors in New Brunswick spoke to the need to keep lab services in hospitals on Tuesday, while the department of health said that no changes are set in stone

  Health

  Jun 27, 2023
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• New information results in postponement of coroner’s inquest into ER death

  A coroner's inquest into the death of a patient who died in a New Brunswick emergency room last summer has been postponed, the province announced Friday.

  Canada

  May 26, 2023