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On November 5th, 2024, the New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) publicly released an article on youth mental health leveraging the results from the 2023-2024 edition of the New Brunswick Student Wellness and Education Survey. The…

An article on youth mental health leveraging the results from the 2023-2024 edition of the New Brunswick Student Wellness and Education Survey.

The New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) publicly released an article on patients’ experience with hospital care in New Brunswick leveraging the results from the 2023 edition of its Hospital Acute Care Survey. 

The…

An article on patients’ experience with hospital care in New Brunswick leveraging the results from the 2023 edition of its Hospital Acute Care Survey.

The New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) publicly released an article regarding access to primary care in New Brunswick leveraging the results from the 2023 edition of its Primary Care Survey as well as other sources.

The following observations are drawn from the results of the grades 6 to 12 survey, with a special focus on mental health and substance use.

On October 25th, 2023, the New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) publicly released the results from the 2022-2023 edition of the New Brunswick Student Wellness Survey.

This survey is conducted on an annual basis in all public…

On October 25th, 2023, the New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) publicly released the results from the 2022-2023 edition of the New Brunswick Student Wellness Survey.

This survey is conducted on an annual basis in all public…

On September 20th, 2023, the New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) publicly released a report that captures what was heard during the various citizen engagement activities conducted as part of the Patient Voices Network.

The New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) has a mandate to report publicly on the performance of the health system. As part of our public reporting obligations, the NBHC is producing materials with contextual information regarding…

Access to surgery relates to the waiting time for a surgical procedure. Common surgeries include hip and knee replacement, cancer surgeries, and more.

On June 21st, 2023, the New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) publicly released the results from the 2022 edition of the Primary Care Survey.

The NBHC Primary Care Survey is a population-based survey. Conducted on an annual…

In New Brunswick, 85.4% of citizens have a primary care provider, either a family doctor (82.2%) or a nurse practitioner (3.6%).

Only 1 in 3 citizens who have a primary care provider can get an appointment within 5 days,…

Health care spending, also called health spending or health expenditure, refers to the amount/proportion of money that is being spent by the Government of New Brunswick and New Brunswick residents for health-related needs.

On May 24th, 2023, the New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) published a Web page on health spending based on the latest available data (2020) from the National Health Expenditure (NHEX)  tables published by the Canadian Health…