Nova Scotia Health Care
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N.S. close to breaking ground on long-awaited Halifax Infirmary expansion projectThe province of Nova Scotia says it’s just weeks away from breaking ground on the long-awaited Halifax Infirmary expansion project.HealthMay 12
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New nursing program to begin at Acadia UniversityStarting this September, Acadia University will host a satellite Bachelor of Science in Nursing program along with Cape Breton University.EducationMay 11
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N.S. invests $17 million into 60 primary health-care clinicsNova Scotia's health and wellness minister has announced a $17-million investment in primary care clinics across the province, looking to improve access to health providers.HealthMay 10
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Nova Scotia says 148 nurses return to public health system after $10,000 bonusNova Scotia's health minister Michelle Thompson says the nurses include retired, casual, and travel nurses who have agreed work for at least two years.CanadaMay 4
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Halifax patient says medical records being held ‘hostage’ after losing family doctorCornelia Schneider estimates it will cost her family $350 to obtain their medical records. She said she is also concerned about her private information being held 'hostage.'HealthMar 23
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Nova Scotia bill targets medical paperwork, aims to reduce number of sick notesA provincial spokesperson said reducing the need for sick notes is expected to save 50,000 hours of physicians' time per year, freeing them up to focus on more important work.HealthMar 21
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Dartmouth General Hospital Foundation receives $3M, largest gift in historyThe Dartmouth General Hospital Foundation has received a $3 million gift -- the largest donation in its history. It will be used in part to help purchase the hospital's first MRI.HealthMar 21
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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.HealthMar 11
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N.S. social workers call out government’s plan to offer one free counselling sessionNova Scotia's Progressive Conservative government said last week that it will spend $2.3 million a year for one free session of individual, couples or family counselling.CanadaFeb 27
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Premier tells party at AGM fixing health care in N.S. an ‘urgent’ priorityTim Houston's speech in the 2023 Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative AGM focused primarily on health-care issues in the province.CanadaFeb 4
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