The Provincial Government continues to take steps to reimagine health care and ease demands on emergency departments in Newfoundland and Labrador.
A Request for Proposals (RFP) will be issued this month for two urgent care centres that will service the northeast Avalon region.
Two urgent care centres in the region will help increase access to care and allow residents in different parts of the metro St. John’s region to access care closer to home. The urgent care centres will help address wait times for non-emergent care in the region by providing an additional access point, which will help alleviate pressures in emergency rooms in the region.
Urgent care centres help offload increasing demands on emergency departments and provide access for unexpected, non-life-threatening health concerns that require same day or next day access, such as:
- Sprains and strains;
- New and worsening non-emergent pain;
- Fever and infections; and
- Less serious childhood illness and injury, cuts, wound or skin conditions.
The department anticipates both centres to open in 2024.
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“We continue to implement innovative solutions to help alleviate the stress on our health care system and provide our residents with access to primary care. These centres will create efficient and accessible primary care access, while exemplifying our commitment to improving service delivery for all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.”
Honourable Tom Osborne
Minister of Health and Community Services
“NL Health Services remains focused on delivering high-quality health care, and is committed to offering urgent care services for residents of the northeast Avalon. These new urgent care centres will provide a safe, accessible health care option for our patients, clients and their families. We are pleased to be able to offer enhanced access to non-emergent care in the region, which should help alleviate some of the pressures currently being experienced in primary health care clinics and emergency departments.”
Ron Johnson
Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer – Eastern Urban Zone, NL Health Services
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