Michelle ThompsonMinister of Health and Wellness; Minister responsible for the Office of Healthcare Professionals Recruitment; Minister responsible for Healthcare Redevelopment

Interventions récentes

Un extrait de chaque intervention en chambre — lisez le texte intégral au dossier officiel.

1. DHW: NORTHERN INVERNESS AMBULANCE WAIT TIME CONCERNS - ADDRESS

   As we've talked about in the House before, we have a dynamic system. The system is moving all the time toward areas where coverage is sparse because they are responding to other emergency calls. We start response to a 9…

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2. DHW: COVERAGE FOR OUT-OF-PROV. MEDICAL SERVICES DENIED - ADDRESS

   As I said, certainly we work very hard within our own provinces to provide care to individuals as close to home as we can and, certainly, in regards to cancer patients, as an example, 95 percent of people are able to rec…

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3. DHW: COVERAGE FOR OUT-OF-PROV. MEDICAL SERVICES DENIED - ADDRESS

   There are a couple things there. We do work hard in the Atlantic Provinces to work together, looking at ways in which we can support one another in terms of services. On a regular basis, the ministers - particularly from…

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4. DHW: NEED A FAMILY REGISTRY NUMBERS BY REGION - RELEASE

   Certainly we have done extensive work to validate the Need a Family Practice Registry. There was an announcement done on the 26th of January and we did commit that we would have an updated reporting form in April. There…

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5. DHW: NEED A FAMILY REGISTRY NUMBERS BY REGION - RELEASE

   No.

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6. DHW: NORTHERN INVERNESS AMBULANCE WAIT TIME CONCERNS - ADDRESS

   We are aware of the correspondence. Someone from the division of EHS has looked into the concerns of the individuals. The day - I think I was there maybe 18 months ago to talk to folks on the north side of the mountain t…

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7. PREM.: PRIMARY CARE ATTACHMENT NUMBERS MISREPRESENTED - EXPLAIN

   I won't go into a history lesson of what it was like working as a nurse under that NDP government or that Liberal government, because . . .

   2026-04-08·House of Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

8. DHW: PATIENT WAIT TIMES AFFECTING PROPER CARE - ADDRESS

   As I told the members opposite on probably 100 occasions, what's important is that they do not try and navigate with patients themselves. Sometimes, they don't have the right information. Patients have to register with t…

   2026-04-08·House of Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

9. DHW: LACK OF MSI MEDICAL SUPPORT - DEFEND

   We appreciate there are a number of individuals who sometimes choose to seek health care outside of Nova Scotia. We do have a policy we recently reviewed, and the qualifications to seek out-of-province care have been rev…

   2026-04-08·House of Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

10. DHW: LACK OF MSI MEDICAL SUPPORT - DEFEND

    We depend very heavily on our clinicians to assess and triage patients through the system. We do appreciate there are a number of foundational investments that have been made: not only in equipment, but also in staffing.…

    2026-04-08·House of Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗