The Provincial Government has established the Northeast Avalon Health Care Infrastructure Advisory Committee to provide advice and guidance on health care infrastructure across the continuum of care, in an effort to meet existing and projected health care infrastructure needs on the Northeast Avalon.
The committee’s mandate includes the review of health infrastructure requirements on the Northeast Avalon, and will also focus on the optimal location of clinical services in the region.
Members of the committee have expertise in acute care, long-term care, mental health and addictions, ambulatory care, and population health/community-based services. Members include:
- Pat Parfrey (Chair);
- Sean Connors;
- Greg Browne;
- Michael Bautista;
- Larry Alteen;
- Greg Radu;
- Francoise Guigne;
- Sister Diane Smyth;
- Joan Marie Aylward;
- Ron Johnson,
- Judy O’Keefe;
- Cory Grandy;
- Andrea McKenna;
- David Diamond; and
- Kenneth Baird.
The focus of the committee is to inform health care infrastructure planning. Priority will be given to areas where challenges exist to meet service delivery needs, based on factors such as capacity (existing and projected) as well as the physical condition of infrastructure.
The committee will ultimately make recommendations to the Minister of Health and Community Services.
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“Modern health care infrastructure improves the way we provide services and helps attract health care professionals. Working with this new team will help guide our next steps for infrastructure, will improve service delivery, will increase our infrastructure planning and will create better working environments for all health care professionals.”
Honourable Dr. Andrew Furey
Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
“Infrastructure decisions are an important aspect of our overall delivery of health care services in the province. I am extremely pleased that an infrastructure committee has been established, which will help with the appropriate planning to ensure residents are receiving the right care at the right time in the right place. I also want to thank the committee members for agreeing to lend their expertise to help us make better informed decisions for the benefit of the residents of the Northeast Avalon.”
Honourable Tom Osborne
Minister of Health and Community Services
“We’re excited about this new infrastructure team. Like our other large-scale infrastructure projects, the knowledge and expertise of the new health care infrastructure team will help us continue to make sound decisions based on solid infrastructure planning.”
Honourable Elvis Loveless
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure
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