Recognizing the crucial role that family doctors play in delivering health care, the province announced this week it intends to work with the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association to begin the process of formally recognizing family medicine as a specialty. The province says having family medicine as a specialty would emphasize the importance of primary […]
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The Registered Nurses Union is also speaking out after this week’s election call. They’re accusing the Liberals of breaking their promise to nurse practitioners. NTV’s Becky Daley tells us more.
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With the provincial parties officially launching their campaigns. Organizations are putting out their pleas to candidates, including the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association. NTV’s Beth Penney has the details in this report.
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Minister of Health and Community Services Krista Lynn Howell has announced new family care teams for Bonne Bay-Port Saunders, Conception Bay South, and the South Coast of Labrador. These teams will increase access to primary health care for those communities and the surrounding areas. Recruitment is ongoing for physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, licensed practical […]
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The president of the Registered Nurses’ Union is travelling across the province talking to members and listening to their concerns. As NTV’s Marykate O’Neill reports, most nurses are feeling defeated and unheard.
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