New Brunswick Health Care

• Primary care becoming more difficult to access in New Brunswick, report says

  The NB Health Council CEO said primary care providers indicate that cases are often complicated because one in four New Brunswickers have three or more chronic conditions.

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  Jun 19
  
• 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.

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  Feb 28
  
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• No action on report calling for expansion of N.B. midwifery services, committee hears

  A report on the province's midwifery pilot project was completed in 2022, but the Department of Health has yet to talk to or send the report to the midwifery council.

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  Sep 6, 2023
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• New Brunswick eliminates age cap on insulin pump coverage

  Starting on Aug. 15th, those with Type 1 diabetes aged 25 and over will be able have the costs of the equipment covered if they are unable to get it covered through insurance.

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  Aug 1, 2023
• N.B. community looks to avoid summer emergency room closures

  'I'm hoping that it'll be better, there can never be any guarantees,' Sussex Mayor Marc Thorne told Global News Monday afternoon.

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  May 1, 2023
• Saint John, N.B. hospital receives $155M for renovations

  Renovations as the Saint John Regional Hospital will update the intensive care unit, which the health network says hasn't been updated to current standards since the 1990s.

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  Apr 28, 2023
• N.B. creates ‘strings attached’ scholarship to address doctor shortage

  Through the fund, New Brunswick residents enrolled in an accredited Canadian program leading to a doctor of medicine degree will be eligible for a scholarship.

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  Apr 26, 2023
• Abortion, imaging fees part of $1.3 million health transfer deductions for N.B., N.S.

  Ottawa will deduct more than $1.27 million from health-care transfers to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to compensate for fees paid by patients for medically necessary services.

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  Mar 11, 2023
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• New Brunswick nearing bilateral health agreement with feds

  Through the bilateral agreement, New Brunswick is expected to receive $900 million over the next 10 years.

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  Feb 22, 2023
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• Fired N.B. health network CEO awarded record-breaking $2M in unjust dismissal case

  Dr. John Dornan says he was made a 'political scapegoat' after his firing in July 2022 following the death of a patient in a Fredericton emergency department.

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  Feb 16, 2023