Nova Scotia next up to talk health funding one on one with Ottawa | 24CA News
Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is taking his health-care funding street present to Nova Scotia right now as Ottawa seems for fast agreements with all 13 provinces and territories.
Duclos and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc will sit down in Halifax with Premier Tim Houston and Health Minister Michelle Thompson.
Last week Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tabled a brand new well being funding supply to the provinces and territories with a promise of including $46 billion to anticipated federal well being transfers over the following 10 years.
But it comes with strings connected and the provinces should agree to indicate how they may spend the cash and the way they’ll measure progress in key areas like household docs, surgical backlogs and psychological well being.
They additionally should overhaul their digital well being information assortment techniques so affected person information are extra accessible and well being outcomes could be higher tracked.
Duclos and LeBlanc met with Ontario final week and can meet with most provinces at the very least as soon as earlier than the top of this week.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Feb. 13, 2023.
