Nova Scotia Healthcare

• New CEO of N.S. health authority aims to change ‘critical narrative’ around healthcare

  Dr. Brendan Carr has decades of emergency department experience and recently took on the role of CEO for the Nova Scotia Health Authority.

  Health

  Jan 7, 2020
• Pancreatic cancer survival rates in Nova Scotia continue to fall, remain lowest in Canada

  Nova Scotians diagnosed with pancreatic cancer have half the chance of surviving the disease compared to those patients living in Ontario.

  Health

  May 12, 2019
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• Nova Scotia Nurses’ Union report says NSHA needs to educate public on emergency health system

  A new report is recommending that the Nova Scotia Health Authority improve public knowledge about emergency services.

  Health

  May 7, 2019
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• N.S. Liberals vote against hearing about ER overcrowding, physician recruitment in new committee

  The committee will meet once a month. The next meeting is scheduled for Feb. 12.

  Health

  Jan 29, 2019
• Government says 2,226 Nova Scotians got a family doctor in July

  Nearly 55,000 people are currently on the wait list for a family doctor.

  Canada

  Aug 8, 2018
• Dalhousie nursing students participate in first-ever naloxone training in Nova Scotia

  The session was organized by students and led by harm reduction experts who work for the Nova Scotia Health Authority.

  Health

  Apr 13, 2018
• Premier Stephen McNeil says he believes some progress is being made in N.S. doctor recruitment

  McNeil told the Canadian Press that the doctor shortage a complex problem that's like "squeezing a balloon."

  Health

  Dec 29, 2017
• Emergency room closures front and centre on Nova Scotia campaign trail

  Emergency rooms in Nova Scotia were closed for a total of 22,505 hours between 2015-2016.

  Canada

  May 20, 2017
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• Health and pre-primary care focus of N.S. election campaign trail Wednesday

  Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil stuck to the pre-primary care plan announced in their budget - that didn't go to vote - prior to the election call.

  Politics

  May 3, 2017
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• PTSD supports top of mind in meeting with Leo Glavine, Jane Philpott

  PTSD was "one of the first things" talked about in a meeting between Nova Scotia Health Minister Leo Glavine and his federal counterpart, Jane Philpott Friday.

  Health

  Jan 20, 2017