Last may, N.S. allowed people qualified as nurses in seven countries to be licensed immediately once they passed an entrance exam. Many foreign-trained nurses took positions as CCAs while they worked to have their credentials recognized. Once the…
Health in the News
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The four-week trial program is funding an additional physician at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre’s minor treatment clinic. The clinic is geared toward patients with non-urgent issues, those referred from the ER and walk-in patients without…
A Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health survey evaluated publicly funded mental health and substance use healthcare services in Canada based on four categories: access, confidence, satisfaction and effectiveness. Canadians gave…
Horizon Health made the request to government to temporarily fast-track LTC admission from its two hospitals in Saint John to improve capacity and wait times. However, nursing home workers say the prioritized placements could put seniors in…
About one year after a report warned no amount of alcohol is safe, N.S. is developing a campaign to inform people about the health impacts of drinking. The report suggested health warning labels on alcoholic beverages and also made a link between…
The province's plan to expand the number of facilities offering services like cataract surgeries and MRIs, as well as adding hip and knee replacement surgeries, is raising the ire of some health advocates who worry it’s a stepping stone to…
At 35.3%, it’s the second highest rate in Canada, while the national average is 27%. N.B.’s disability rate is also increasing faster than anywhere else in the country - rising by 8.6% points between 2017 and 2022. Among the trends in the report…
A 2022 survey found one-quarter of Canadians spent 20 hours or more per week using the Internet, compared to 21% in 2018. Canadians reported their online activities sometimes made them feel anxious, depressed or envious of the lives of others (22…
A report shows approximately one in five adults worldwide consumed tobacco in 2022, down from one in three in 2000. In Canada, the decrease was even…
The two exceptions were cancer and diabetes. The study found while there was a drop in diagnoses of those two pediatric diseases in the first three months of the pandemic, researchers noticed a significant and sustained increase in diagnoses…
The goal is to bring down long waits for elective care. A cloud-based platform links recently-retired doctors - who still hold a licence to practice - with secondary care providers who need help with their waiting lists. Providers upload the…
Medavie Health Services New Brunswick, which operates the N.B. Health Link system, calls the model the next best thing to having a family doctor. It’s also rejecting suggestions from the New Brunswick Medical Society that its system is luring…
- NBHC Engagement
The Healthcare Improvement Challenge asked healthcare providers and people with jobs connected to the system to make suggestions on ways to better N.S. healthcare. The ideas were narrowed down to a top 20 shortlist, which the public could vote on…
The Department of Health says two people already died this year, including a child under the age of nine and a person aged 10 to 59. Last year, there were 10 deaths in total, which represented a nearly 67% jump. At least two of these were…
The 988 helpline, led by CAMH, was rolled out across the country on Nov. 30. The centre didn’t have data available on how many of those calls and texts required emergency services to intervene. The hotline provides a round-the-clock toll-free…
The recommendation says people aged 65 and older, residents of LTC homes and seniors living in other congregate settings may get another shot of the vaccine targeting the XBB.1.5 variant. Children and adults aged six months and older who are…