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Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health Services is announcing the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Program, a new initiative to support individuals with mental illness by helping them find and maintain employment in the Western Zone. “The Individual Placement and Support Program addresses the challenges individuals with mental illness may face in obtaining and maintaining employment,” …
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Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health Services is pleased to welcome 13 nurses from Jamaica who will soon begin work at health-care facilities across the province. Since arriving in Newfoundland and Labrador in May, the nurses completed practical nursing (PN) courses at the Centre for Nursing Studies (CNS) to bridge the training they received in Jamaica …
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Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health Services is pleased to announce the official launch of the NL Lung Screening Pilot which offers lung screening to eligible individuals, aged 55-74 years, at sites in St. John’s and Grand Falls-Windsor. The pilot project also offers smoking cessation referral, education and support. “Lung cancer is the largest cause of …
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Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health Services is recognizing a major milestone in the delivery of health care for the people of the Western Zone. As of Sunday, June 2, the new Western Memorial Regional Hospital will officially open to the public at its permanent location (100 Health Care Crescent in Corner Brook, NL). “After a …
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Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health Services is moving forward with the next phase of the provincial integration of ambulance services and, effective June 1, 2024, will assume operation and management of all ambulance services across Newfoundland and Labrador. “NL Health Services is pleased with the progress that has been made to date to transition the …
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Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health Services is pleased to advise that a breast screening satellite centre, which is part of the provincial breast screening program, has launched at the Labrador West Health Centre in Labrador City. “Accessibility to health services is an important determinant of health,” says Dr. Nancy Wadden, medical director for the provincial …
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Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health Services and its partners have awarded $52,750 in scholarships to support the pursuit of higher education and to advance health-care practice and knowledge in Newfoundland and Labrador. Scholarships were awarded to 24 employees, 21 dependants of staff and two Quality Healthcare award recipients. “On behalf of NL Health Services, I …
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Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health Services is pleased to welcome 25 new physicians to the organization between January 1 and April 1, 2024. The physicians are located throughout the province and work in a range of specialties including family medicine (such as family care teams), hematopathology, emergency medicine, anesthesiology, psychiatry, obstetrics/gynecology, general surgery, pathology and …
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Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health Services outlined plans to reduce the number of private health-care staff (agency nurses) used within the organization to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels by April 2026. Actions to date, including recruitment and retention efforts, have resulted in a 11.4 per cent reduction in the number of private health-care staff since February 2024 …
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Today, Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health Services is recognizing its first year in operation as a provincial health authority. On April 1, 2023, the transition from the four legacy regional health authorities and the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information to a single provincial health authority officially began. This was initiated in response to …
Last updated on: March 30, 2025