Health and Wellness Minister Maureen MacDonald has released Nova Scotia's first ever government-wide strategy for mental health and addictions care called Together We Can: The Plan to Improve Mental Health and Addictions Care for Nova Scotians.
Province Approves District Health Authorities' Business Plans
""The government made a commitment to approve district health authority business plans in a timely manner and this year is the earliest yet that these plans have been approved," said Health and Wellness Minister Maureen MacDonald."
NS - First Province with Certified Electronic Medical Records
Nightingale on Demand, one of Nova Scotia's electronic medical record systems, is the first to receive jurisdictional certification from Canada Health Infoway. Nova Scotia doctors who use it now have an extra level of security. For more information visit Nightingale on Demand
Palliative Home Care Free Drug Coverage
The experience of life threatening illness can leave patients and their families bewildered, confused and sometimes isolated. In the midst of pain and distress, palliative care provides pain and symptom management, emotional, social, and spiritual support at the end of life.
Harbourview Lodge - Celebrating an updated facility
"This building is a great improvement and it's fitting that the community and residents worked together to come up with a new name, said Ms. MacDonald. "The province is taking steps to ensure seniors and staff have the opportunity to move from older building into comfortable, functional facilities like this."
The Department of Health and Wellness provides better health care for Nova Scotians and their families – by offering programs and services that protect and promote health, and treat illness.
The Department was formed in 2011 when the Department of Health Promotion and Protection and Department of Health merged. The merger recognized health care as a continuum that requires a focus on both prevention and treatment.
We, along with the district health authorities and the IWK have a shared mission to work together to empower individuals, families, partners, and communities to promote, improve and maintain the health of Nova Scotians.
News Releases
- Paramedics Honoured for Years of Service
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May
22, 2012 -
1:07 PM
The province presented 47 Emergency Health Services paramedics long service awards today, May 22. (full text) - Province Adds New Stroke-treatment Drug to Pharmacare
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May
17, 2012 -
11:19 AM
Nova Scotians being treated for abnormal heart rhythm caused by blood flow will have access to a new stroke-prevention drug under the provincial Pharmacare program. (full text) - Province, Capital Health Report Progress
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May
17, 2012 -
09:30 AM
NOTE: Biographies for Dr. Alexander Simpson and Dr. Johann Brink are available at http://gov.ns.ca/just/review_ECFH.asp. Provincial officials are reporting progress on a joint review of the circumstances in the release of a patient at East Coast Forensic Hospital. (full text) - Province Releases Mental Health and Addictions Strategy
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May
16, 2012 -
10:49 AM
NOTE: A social media version of this release will be available later today at http://novascotia.ca/news/smr/2012-05-16-Mental-Health-Strategy/ . Downloadable hi-res photos, audio and video clips will be added later today, May 16. More children and youth will be able to get help for mental health concerns in schools, and more Nova Scotians will get treatment for drug addictions as a result of the province's first mental health and addictions strategy. (full text) - Province Reducing Ambulance Fees
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May
14, 2012 -
11:15 AM
NOTE: A social media release with hi-res, downloadable photos, video and audio clips will be available later today, May 14, at http://gov.ns.ca/news/smr/2012-05-14-Ambulance-Fees/ . Beginning July 1, Nova Scotians living in licensed long-term care facilities or with reduced mobility will benefit from a reduction in ambulance fees announced today, May 14, by Health and Wellness Minister Maureen MacDonald. (full text)
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