As you know the CEO Search Advisory Committee has been working with an executive search firm to identify candidates for the role of CEO to lead the NSHA when Janet Knox retires. This work continues and I am pleased to report that we have had very positive interest in the role.
Join us for our annual general meeting July 10 at the Truro Holiday Inn, located at 437 Prince St., as we share highlights from the 2018-19 fiscal year and our renewed strategic plan for 2019-22. All are welcome to attend.
One of the two chillers at the Halifax Infirmary building of the QEII Health Sciences Centre has failed. A rental unit will be delivered and installed next week. In the meantime, to ensure appropriate cooling to priority clinical areas, including operating rooms, cardiac catheterization labs and diagnostic imaging, we have had to reduce cooling to many other areas in the building.
Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) reminds the public that work to improve parking at Dartmouth General Hospital is now underway and will continue through early fall. The first phase of this work will take place through July and August. During this time, drivers can expect changes to existing roadway patterns that will cause congestion and increased traffic leading to the main entrance, so please plan ahead when visiting the hospital.
As a senior analyst with the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) continuing care team, Robin Latta supports policy development and program improvements across the province. Latta also happens to identify as a member of the LGBTQ2S+ community, so applies that lens to the position.
As a veteran Aboriginal court liaison for the Nova Scotia Court System and Mi'kmaw Legal Support Network, Barry Paul Bernard works with more than 400 clients every year who go through court-mandated wellness programs that aim to reduce harms from drug use and the punitive aspects of the criminal justice system.
Roddy DeLeon loves his role as a host with nutrition and food services. He serves patients at the Halifax Infirmary and Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Building of the QEII Health Sciences Centre.
Volunteer services coordinator Gordon Spurrell remembers walking the halls and seeing patients come in the front door looking lost. That was more than a decade ago.
Cape Breton residents will help shape delivery of health care in their communities with the addition of patient and family advisors (PFAs) to the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) Health Care Redevelopment Project team.
