October 11, 2019
With flu season approaching, the Department of Health and Community Services is encouraging Newfoundlanders and Labradorians to get a flu shot. On Monday, October 21, the regional health authorities will begin hosting free flu shot clinics and offering the vaccine…
October 7, 2019
The Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services, will speak at the Atlantic Quality and Patient Safety Learning Exchange tomorrow (Tuesday, October 8) at 8:25 a.m. The event takes place in the main ballroom at the Sheraton Hotel…
October 4, 2019
The Department of Health and Community Services advises that there have been 22 confirmed cases of E.coli in the province this week, and Public Health officials within the department, as well as the regional health authorities are working with Service…
October 3, 2019
October 6 to 12 is Mental Illness Awareness Week, and the Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services, is recognizing Donovan Taplin of Bell Island, who is featured in a national campaign entitled ‘Faces of Mental Illness’. Presented…
September 27, 2019
The Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services, will be attending Memorial University Faculty of Medicine’s twentieth anniversary celebration for the Centre for Collaborative Health Professional Education on Monday, September 30 at 2:00 p.m. The event takes place…
September 25, 2019
The Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services, provided an update on Towards Recovery: The Mental Health and Addictions Action Plan for Newfoundland and Labrador this morning during a national ‘Stigma Ends With Me’ workshop at the Sheraton…
September 24, 2019
The Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services, will speak at the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction ‘Stigma Ends With Me’ workshop tomorrow (Wednesday, September 25). The event will take place in Salon A and B…
September 23, 2019
The Provincial Government joined with community partners today to remind people that Western Health’s mobile crisis response team is available for service. Since forming in April 2019, the team in Corner Brook has responded to over 170 calls. Similar teams…
September 20, 2019
The Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services, and Sarah Stoodley, Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation, will participate in the Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Care Foundation’s Polka Dot Trot in Appleton and St. John’s…
September 18, 2019
The Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services, will hold a media availability to discuss primary health care today (Wednesday, September 18). The availability will take place at 3:30 p.m. in front of the House of Assembly, East…
