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Nova Scotia Health Authority
Company typeHealth authority
FoundedApril 2015
HeadquartersHalifax, Nova Scotia
Area served
Nova Scotia
Key people
Karen Oldfield, Interim CEO
Number of employees
23,400 (2015)
Websitewww.nshealth.ca

The Nova Scotia Health Authority is a provincial health authority serving Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the largest employer in the province, with more than 23,000 employees, 2,500 physicians and 7,000 volunteers working from 45 different facilities.[1] Its largest hospital is the Halifax Infirmary which is part of the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax.

Facilities

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The Nova Scotia Health Authority operates various facilities across the province of Nova Scotia:[2]

Northern Zone

Western Zone

Eastern Zone

  • Buchanan Memorial Community Health Centre
  • Cape Breton Regional Hospital
  • Eastern Memorial Hospital
  • Glace Bay Hospital
  • Guysborough Memorial Hospital
  • Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
  • New Waterford Consolidated Hospital
  • Northside General Hospital
  • Sacred Heart Community Health Centre
  • St. Martha's Regional Hospital
  • St. Mary's Memorial Hospital
  • Strait Richmond Hospital
  • Taigh Na Mara
  • Victoria County Memorial Hospital

Central Zone

Associated Indigenous Health Centres

  • Eskasoni Community Health Centre
  • Indian Brook (Sipekne'katik) Health Centre
  • Membertou Health and Wellness Centre
  • Theresa Cremo Memorial Health Centre in Whycocomagh (blood collection only)
  • Wagmatcook Health Centre

History

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The Nova Scotia Health Authority was formed on April 1, 2015, as an amalgamation of nine existing regional authorities:

  • South Shore District Health Authority
  • South West District Health Authority
  • Annapolis Valley District Health Authority
  • Colchester East Hants Health Authority
  • Cumberland Health Authority
  • Pictou County Health Authority
  • Guysborough Antigonish Strait Health Authority
  • Cape Breton District Health Authority
  • Capital District Health Authority

The authority received a $843,530 grant from the Public Health Agency of Canada's Immunization Partnership Fund to implement Nova Scotia's Enhanced Immunization Access Project.[3] Between December 2019 and May 2020, parents of children born in 2011 were surveyed to collect up-to-date immunization records.[4]

On September 1, 2021, the newly elected provincial government undertook wholesale changes in the NS Health Authority. The CEO and volunteer board members were released from their duties. An interim CEO was appointed. Karen Oldfield, newly appointed interim CEO, previously was the senior executive at the Halifax Ports Corporation.

The health authority has a history of medical professional misconduct scandals in Nova Scotia.[5][6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Nova Scotia Health Authority". Province of Nova Scotia. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Find a Location | Nova Scotia Health Authority". nshealth.ca. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  3. ^ Public Health Agency of Canada (2022-10-12). "Immunization Partnership Fund". Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  4. ^ "Nova Scotia Enhanced Immunization Access Project". Engage4Health. Archived from the original on 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  5. ^ Moulton, Donalee (2016-08-09). "Halifax doctor awarded $1.4 million in damages". CMAJ. 188 (11): E250–E250. doi:10.1503/cmaj.109-5297. ISSN 0820-3946. PMC 4978594. PMID 27402070.
  6. ^ Rent, Suzanne (2024-05-15). "Proposed class action lawsuit filed against Nova Scotia Health alleging negligence in privacy breach". Halifax Examiner. Archived from the original on 2024-05-23. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
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