The bill allows the N.B. government to join a class-action lawsuit, led by B.C. against opioid manufacturers and distributors, to recover healthcare costs related to the opioid crisis. The act also enables the province to launch its own suit. N.B…
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The agency is offering interpretation services in 23 Indigenous languages. This is available to all patients receiving care from AHS healthcare teams. The addition of Indigenous languages to AHS’ translation service builds off more than 240…
The report said the summer season will likely be "precarious and exhausting months" for healthcare workers in ERs, with impacts ranging from lengthy wait-times to hospital closures. The report referred to the crisis as a "perpetual cycle" that’s…
Clinique Médicale Access Medical Clinic, which has Marie-Claude Bourdages as its family physician, would like to give family doctors access to 10,000 New Brunswickers by bringing on two more family doctors. The clinic is in negotiations with…
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine University (NOSM) teaches medicine, along with a few things that could influence where doctors choose to practice. The university recruits students from rural communities and 90% of its student body comes…
- NBHC Engagement
The Still Calling campaign aims to retain and recruit more nurses by painting the career in a better light. The New Brunswick Nurses Union (NBNU) says the last few years were challenging, pointing to the…
The Indigenous Children Eye Exam (ICEE) project started several years ago with eyecare specialists from the Hamilton area visiting remote northern Ont. communities to provide vision screening and eye exams to…
The roadmap reflects the input of 23 expert reviewers, Health Canada being one of them. Top of the list is a recommendation to do better data collection, analysis and reporting. The experts say this should involve greater consistency under a…
The William Osler Health System, which operates hospitals in Brampton and Etobicoke, drastically cut colorectal cancer screening, diagnosis and surgeon referral wait times by combining a pair of programs to streamline how patients are processed.…
The Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub is a space for people in healthcare to collaborate on providing better healthcare. The space allows partnerships with healthcare staff, researchers, industry…
The provincial government says the following changes to regulations will provide more support to physicians and improve access to care for Islanders:
The funding will create eight integrated youth services (IYS) sites across the province that will bring community-based services for youth ages 12 to 25. Support will range from mental health services, including counselling and peer support, to…
- NBHC Engagement
The project will investigate treatment options for people living with opioid use disorder. Gitpo Spirit Lodge, located in Natoaganeg (Eel Ground) First Nation, will be leading the project. The lodge is…
The services at the university’s gender-affirming clinic, including hormone replacement therapy and assistance with gathering letters of approval for gender-affirming surgery, were previously only available to students. Dr. Sara Thomas, who runs…
In 2020, the Government of the N.W.T. implemented Stepped Care 2.0 (SC2.0), a model that works to enhance and develop systems by organizing and improving access to mental health, addictions and substance use health resources and services. The…
Men in Mind is the world’s first online program that trains mental health practitioners how to engage with and respond to men in therapy. It teaches therapists how to connect with men and create a…