Reports, Statistics and Accountability

At Nova Scotia Health Authority, we are committed to being transparent in our actions and use of resources and accountability for our decisions.

Here you will find a range of information covering corporate and program-specific strategies, business plans and financial documents, reports on many aspects of our performance, and regularly-updated information on subjects of interest to partners and the public.

If there's something you'd like to learn more about that is not included in one of the reports listed here, please contact wearelistening@nshealth.ca

Board of Directors Meeting Highlights

Board Hightlights:

Board Committee Reports:

Business & Financial Plans and Reports

CEO Reports

 

Compensation and Expense Reporting

Corporate and Strategic Plans

Corporate and Strategic Reports

COVID-19 Service Reintroduction Reports

Daily Dashboard

You can find the Action for Health public reporting information here.

Finding a Primary Care Provider Reporting

Current Report: We’ve updated the report to include a run chart that shows the number of people who have registered over time, and have revised the table data to show the change in the number of registrants from the previous month. This report, Finding a Primary Care Provider in Nova Scotia – March 2023 (.pdf), is released monthly within 5 working days after the first of the month. 

Previous reports:

Hip and Knee Action Plan

Nova Scotia Health Authority has a multi-year hip and knee action plan underway. Read more here.

Performance Measurements

Physician Recruitment Reporting

Doctors Recruited (April 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023)

Zone Family Doctors Specialists
Central 24 26
Eastern 10 17
Northern 9 6
Western 20 11
Total 63 60
  Total 123
     

Historical

Doctors Recruited (April 1, 2021 - March 31, 2022)

Zone Family Doctors Specialists
Central 30 33
Eastern 14 18
Northern 13 14
Western 18 23
Total 75 88
  Total 163

Doctors Recruited (April 1, 2020 - March 31, 2021)

Zone Family Doctors Specialists
Central 19 31
Eastern 9 13
Northern 8 15
Western 13 19
Total 49 78
  Total 127

Doctors Recruited (April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020)

Zone Family Doctors Specialists
Central 26 36
Eastern 11 15
Northern 7 10
Western 14 9
Total 58 70
  Total 128

Doctors Recruited (April 1, 2018-March 31, 2019)

Zone Family Doctors Specialists
Central 31 39
Eastern 11 12
Northern 6

 

 10
Western 10 11
  58 72
Total 130

 

April 1, 2017 - March 31, 2018
Family Doctors 38

Specialists

65

Total

103
April 1, 2016 - March 31, 2017
Family Doctors 43

Specialists

68

Total

111

*We only report physicians who are currently hired and working. We are currently working through the various stages of the hiring process with additional family doctors but they will not be officially reported until they begin seeing patients.

Vacancy Summary

Current to January 31, 2023

 

 

Family Doctors

Specialists
Central Zone 27 35.22
Eastern Zone 18 20.2
Northern Zone 21.6 9.3
Western Zone 30.8 11.9
Total
 97.38 77.12

 

To reflect most accurate current need, these vacancy numbers do not include pending retirements or vacancies approved with a delayed start date. In August 2018, vacancy reporting began including Central Zone Emergency Department vacancies which had previously been unreported. 

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