Today, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced that it has reached a tentative agreement for the renewal of its Memorandum of Agreement with the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association. The agreement covers over 1300 salaried, alternate payment plan and fee-for-service physicians in the province.

Details regarding the agreement will not be released until the medical association completes its ratification process.

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“I’d like to thank the negotiating teams from government and the medical association for their diligence in bringing us where we are today with a tentative memorandum of agreement with the physicians of Newfoundland and Labrador. We greatly appreciate the care physicians provide to Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, and we know that we all want what is in the best interest of the people of the province and their health care.”
Honourable Siobhan Coady
Deputy Premier and President of Treasury Board

“I am very pleased that a tentative agreement has been reached with the NLMA. Collectively, we all share the same goal – the delivery of the best healthcare possible to the residents of our province. I look forward to continued collaboration with the association.”
Honourable John Haggie
Minister of Health and Community Services

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Media contacts
Victoria Barbour
Treasury Board Secretariat
709-729-4087
victoriabarbour@gov.nl.ca

Nancy Hollett
Health and Community Services
709-729-6554, 327-7878
nancyhollett@gov.nl.ca