Horizon Health

• Harm reduction advocate concerned about reduced services in Moncton

  Horizon Health temporarily closed the Moncton detox centre in early July due to a critical shortage of registered nurses, at the time saying the centre would open in "late summer".

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  Aug 22
  
• Moncton fire chief voices concern after detox centre temporarily closes

  Horizon Health said it closed the detox centre due to staffing shortages and that it was aiming to reopen 'later this summer.'

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  Jul 7
  
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• New Brunswick government to cover some fees for internationally-educated nurses

  On Friday, the provincial government announced it would cover some of these costs for up to 300 IENs a year for five years.

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  Jun 2
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• Fredericton cancer patient raises concerns about hospital food quality

  During a five-day hospital stay following surgery to treat their colon cancer, Maggie Lyons-MacFarlane said the food at the hospital made them feel 'miserable' and 'nauseous.'

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  May 31
• Review conducted after Fredericton hospital ER death leaves many unanswered questions

  The quality process review (QPR) was done and discussed by the Quality Care and Safety of Patients Committee about two weeks after the death occurred in July 2022.

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  Mar 1
• New Brunswick health authority boasts about improvements in hospital services

  The president of one of New Brunswick's two major health authorities says staff recruitment and retention is the biggest concern faced by the organization.

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  Feb 13
• N.B. may move some patients up nursing home waiting list if hospital is in ‘critical state’

  New Brunswick's social development minister will now be able to force nursing homes to take ALC patients in order to free beds up in an overburdened hospital.

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  Jan 23
• Horizon plans weekend orthopedic surgical ‘blitzes’ over the winter to reduce wait list

  The goal is to perform between 12 and 16 surgeries each Saturday, in addition to the surgeries normally performed during the week.

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  Nov 24, 2022
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• New Brunswick has 40 nurses trained for sexual assault exams

  The number of nurses trained to administer sexual assault evidence kits has been falling in recent years as healthcare system struggles with staffing.

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  Sep 15, 2022
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• ER nurse shortage not due to vacation time, says head of N.B. nurses’ union

  'I think anytime a corporation speaks about their employees taking vacation affecting service, there is a larger problem,' said the president of the New Brunswick Nurses Union.

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  Aug 29, 2022