Publications

Several of Department of Health and Wellness reports and publications are available online including publications previously produced by former departments of Health and Health Promotion and Protection.

This publications section include reports, plans, factsheets and pamphlets on DHW programs and services. Some publication may be available in French.

Recent Publications

• Health Link 811 2009-2010 Report English | French
• Autism Action Plan
• Better Care Sooner
• Building Bridges: Improving Care in Custody for People Living with Mental Illness
• Drug Related Overdoses, Dr. Gould Report on
• Emergency Care
  • Emergency Care Standards
  • Dr. Ross Report on Emergency Care
  • Accountability Report on Emergency Departments 2011
• H1N1 Summary Report 2010
• Midwifery in Nova Scotia: Report of the External Assessment Team
• Moving toward a Tobacco-Free Nova Scotia: Comprehensive Tobacco Control Strategy for Nova Scotia
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Position Statement
• Prescription Drug Overdoses in Nova Scotia Working Group: Recommendations
• Public Health Standards 2011-2016

Corporate Reports

Department of Health and Wellness Corporate Reports like the Statement of Mandate and Accountability Reports can be found on the corporate report page.

Programs and Services Index

• Addiction Services
• Annual Statistical Reports
• Communicable Disease Prevention and Control
• Emergency Health Services
• Environmental Health
• Health Card (MSI)
• Health Education Resources
• Healthy Communities
• Healthy Development
• Mental Health Services
• Nursing Strategy
• Physical Activity, Sport and Recreation
• Population Health Assessment and Surveillance
• Renewal of Public Health

Publications Archive

2008

• Provincial Health Services Operational Review (Corpus Sanchez Report) | Réponse du gouvernement au rapport sur l'examen opérationnel des services de santé provinciaux 2006-2007
• Response to the Provincial Health Services Operational Review

2007

• Nova Scotia Mortality Rates for Selected Causes 1998 to 2007
• eResults Review Report by Deloitte Inc. (2007)
  • Executive Summary
  • Full Report

2006

• Ministers' Report to Nova Scotians: Working Together Toward Better Health
• Primary Health Care Evaluation System for Nova Scotia
• Reporting Health Performance: Elective Procedure Waiting Times, 1992-2006
• Action Plan for the Organization and Delivery of Chronic Pain Services in Nova Scotia

2005

• Health Human Resource Action Plan
• Palliative Care Provincial Report and Recommendations

2004

• A Measure of Our Health and Health System
• Alternative Funding Audit
• Data Catalogue - 3rd Edition
• Health Care Cost Drivers: Understanding Health Care Cost Drivers and Escalators
• MRI Needs Assessment
• New Waterford Consolidated Hospital Review of the Investigations of Indoor Air Quality with Special Reference to Claims of Metal Poisoning
• Nova Scotia 's Nursing Strategy Updates 2004

2003

• Facts on Diabetes in Nova Scotia
• Nova Scotia Health Human Resources Study: Occupation Summaries, Profiles, and Issues
• Nova Scotia 's Strategy on HIV/AIDS
• Nova Scotia 's Nursing Strategy Updates 2003
• Primary Health Care Renewal: Action for Healthier Nova Scotians
• Standards for Mental Health Services in Nova Scotia
• Strategic Directions for Nova Scotia's Mental Health System
• Summary of Oxycodone Utilization for Nova Scotia

2002

• An Evaluation of Youth Health Centres in Nova Scotia
• Cost of Chronic Disease in Nova Scotia
• Managing Osteoporosis: A Nova Scotia Approach
  • Full Report | Report Highlights | Nova Scotia Osteoporosis Guidelines
• Nova Scotia's Nursing Strategy Updates, 2002
• Submission to the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (The Romanow Commission)
• Task Force on Resident/Staff Ratio in Nursing Homes

2001

• Making Better Health Care Decisions for Nova Scotia : Clinical Services Steering Committee Report
• Performance Evaluation of Nova Scotia Emergency Health Services
• Rural Palliative Home Care Project Releases Report

2000

• Environmental Health Centre Review
• HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report
• The MacLeod Report: Capital Investment in Long Term Care
• Mental Health Review
• Understanding Canada's Health Care Costs

1999

• The Minister's Task Force on Regionalized Health Care in Nova Scotia