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

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

Finding a Primary Care Provider Reporting

Hip and Knee Action Plan

Performance Measurements

Physician Recruitment Reporting

Physician Recruitment Progress 2022 (.pdf)

Doctors Recruited Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health (April 1, 2022 - March 31, 2023)

Zone	Family Doctors	Specialists
Central	28	51
Eastern	13	21
Northern	13	7
Western	24	11
Total	78	90
	Total	168

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 March 31, 2023

	Family Doctors	Specialists
Central Zone	30	34.32
Eastern Zone	17.4	17.7
Northern Zone	23.3	9.5
Western Zone	25.33	12.8
Total	96.3	74.32

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.