November 1, 2024
The Provincial Government has issued a request for information to community-based agencies to establish and operate sober living homes throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. Sober living homes, also referred to as recovery homes, are substance-free living environments that support people as…
October 25, 2024
The Department of Health and Community Services and NL Health Services are adding beds at health care facilities in Western Newfoundland to accommodate alternate level of care patients in the region. The Honourable John Hogan, KC, Minister of Health and…
October 7, 2024
The Provincial Government is today announcing the fall vaccination plan for influenza and COVID-19, which will commence Monday, October 21, 2024. Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, Chief Medical Officer of Health for Newfoundland and Labrador will be available to media today, Monday,…
October 4, 2024
Today’s (Friday, October 4) health care announcements in Corner Brook and Deer Lake are postponed and will be re-scheduled. -30-
October 3, 2024
The Provincial Government has reached the next phase in the integration of ambulance services throughout the province as Medavie Health NL Inc. has been identified as the selected proponent to design, manage and operate a single, integrated road and air…
September 25, 2024
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, in collaboration with the Registered Nurses’ Union of Newfoundland and Labrador and NL Health Services, has launched an online survey to gather feedback from nurse practitioners working in the province’s health system. A survey…
September 24, 2024
A new hip fracture unit is being established at St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital, which will improve the way patients receive care while recovering from hip repair surgery. The new unit will help reduce the current surgical backlog and surgical wait…
September 23, 2024
The Honourable John Hogan, KC, Minister of Health and Community Services, and the Honourable Elvis Loveless, Minister of Digital Government and Service NL, are pleased to recognize September 23-September 29, 2024, as Environmental Public Health Week in Newfoundland and Labrador….
September 20, 2024
The Honourable John G. Abbott, Minister of Housing and Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, will join Jen Crowe, Executive Director, Choices for Youth, and Darla King, Vice-President, Health Transformation, NL Health Services, to make an announcement on an Integrated…
September 19, 2024
The Honourable John Hogan, KC, Minister of Health and Community Services, and the Honourable John G. Abbott, Minister of Housing and Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, will be available to media tomorrow (Friday, September 20) to provide an update…
