Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services
{{Short description|Health authority in Canada}}
{{use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox company
| name = NL Health Services
| logo = Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services logo.svg
| logo_caption = NL Health Services' logo
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| type = Healthcare
| predecessor = {{Unbulleted list|Central Health|Eastern Health|Labrador-Grenfell Health|Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information|Western Health}}
| founded = April 3, 2023
| fate =
| successor =
| hq_location_city = St. John's, NL
| hq_location_country = Canada
| area_served = Newfoundland and Labrador
| key_people = Pat Parfrey, Chief Executive Officer
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Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services (NL Health Services, NLHS) is the integrated health authority of Newfoundland and Labrador,{{Cite web |title=Our Organization |url=https://nlhealthservices.ca/our-organization/ |access-date=September 8, 2023 |website=NL Health Services |language=en-CA}} tasked with the administration and delivery of health care services across the province.
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History
The organization was established on April 3, 2023, from the merger of the province's previous 4 regional health authorities (Eastern Health, Central Health, Western Health, and Labrador-Grenfell Health), as well as the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information (NLCHI).{{Cite web |date=April 3, 2023 |title=Ministerial Statement – Provincial Health Authority Now in Effect |url=https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2023/health/0403n04/ |access-date=September 7, 2023 |website=gov.nl.ca}}{{Cite web |date=April 1, 2023 |title=N.L.'s 4 former health authorities are now officially 1 organization. Now what? |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-single-health-authority-1.6797451 |access-date=September 8, 2023 |website=CBC News}} This merger was created following the passing of legislation proposed in 2022, enacted with the aim of consolidating the province's numerous regional health authorities into a single organization.{{Cite web |date=November 2, 2022 |title=Provincial Government Introduces Legislation for the Creation of a Single Provincial Health Authority |url=https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2022/health/1102n01/ |access-date=September 7, 2023|website=gov.nl.ca}}
NL Health Services is governed by a board of trustees appointed by the provincial government via the Independent Appointments Commission.{{Cite web |title=Governance |url=https://nlhealthservices.ca/our-organization/governance/ |access-date=September 8, 2023 |publisher=NL Health Services |language=en-CA}}
Areas served
NLHS is responsible for the administration of healthcare throughout the province, and is divided into five administrative zones, quoted from their website as follows:{{Cite web |title=Health Zones |url=https://nlhealthservices.ca/our-organization/health-zones/ |access-date=September 8, 2023 |website=NL Health Services |language=en-CA}}
- Central: Communities from Charlottetown, Fogo Island, Harbour Breton, to Baie Verte.
- Eastern Rural: Holyrood, Southern Avalon and Bell Island, municipalities west of Holyrood and Witless Bay up to Port Blandford.
- Eastern Urban: Conception Bay South, Witless Bay, Bay Bulls, the Greater St. John's area, municipalities east of Conception Bay South and Witless Bay up to Pouch Cove (excluding Bell Island).
- Labrador-Grenfell: The entirety of Labrador, communities north of Bartlett's Harbour
- Western: Communities from Port aux Basques, Francois, Bartlett's Harbour, and on the eastern boundary north to Jackson's Arm.
References
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External links
- [https://nlhealthservices.ca/ NL Health Services]
Category:Health regions of Newfoundland and Labrador
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