Today, surveyors from Accreditation Canada wrapped up a week-long visit to Nova Scotia Health Authority by sharing some of their findings with employees and physicians. While commending the enormous progress made by NSHA since its creation in April 1, 2015, surveyors identified a number of areas for improvement, which will serve as a roadmap for NSHA’s ongoing quality improvement plan.
A municipal water shutdown in the Inverness area will impact some of the services provided at Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital and its community health centre on Friday, Oct. 20.
The Emergency Department at the Glace Bay Hospital will be closed on Friday, Oct. 20 at 3 p.m. It reopens on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 7 a.m. The department will also be closed on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 3 p.m. and will reopen on Monday, Oct. 23 at 7 a.m.
For the first time, Nova Scotia Immigration staff will join the Nova Scotia Health Authority at an international job fair to help recruit physicians to work and live in Nova Scotia.
