News releases from Health and Wellness (Page 1)

Today, the Auditor General’s Office released its report on Nova Scotia’s ground ambulance service.

Today, September 25, more than 1,200 paramedics across the province are being celebrated as Nova Scotia marks Medic Monday.

International students in more Nova Scotia healthcare programs will have an additional opportunity to build a career, life and future in the province.

Healthcare workers in search of housing on the South Shore will soon have a new place to call home.

People in west Colchester County now have better access to primary healthcare with a new collaborative family practice in Masstown.

Updated healthcare data is now available on the Action for Health website.

A new EHS (Emergency Health Services) LifeFlight airplane will soon transport non-critical care patients from Yarmouth and Sydney to Halifax for tests and treatment.

Transgender and gender-diverse Nova Scotians will receive more supportive healthcare under the new, comprehensive Gender-Affirming Care Policy that takes effect today, July 28.

Doctors Nova Scotia and the Province have successfully negotiated new, four-year physician and clinical academic funding agreements.

People in Amherst and the surrounding area now have better access to primary healthcare they can count on.

Starting today, July 12, patients will begin receiving treatment at the expanded dialysis unit at the Halifax Infirmary site of the QEII Health Sciences Centre.

The province’s largest-ever medical residency class started providing care to Nova Scotians this weekend.

Doctors will have more time to take care of their patients as the Province’s new rules for sick notes come into force.

La Nouvelle-Écosse a accepté les plus récentes recommandations du Comité consultatif national de l’immunisation (CCNI) en matière de vaccin contre la COVID-19.

Nova Scotia has accepted the National Advisory Committee on Immunization’s (NACIs) latest recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines.

Changes to the Need a Family Practice Registry will help more people get the care they need sooner.

Real-time information is helping healthcare teams provide better, faster care to patients.

Nova Scotia is investing $3.2 million to provide young Nova Scotians and their families easier access to mental health and addictions support.

Children and some people with special needs can soon get more preventive dental care through the Province’s dental programs.

Les enfants et certaines personnes ayant des besoins spéciaux auront bientôt accès à davantage de soins dentaires préventifs dans le cadre des programmes de soins dentaires de la Province.