Island women can begin accessing some hospital-based women’s wellness services later this month at Prince County Hospital. Health PEI will introduce its Women’s Wellness Program services over the next 18 months. Initial hospital-based services to be offered include: birth control...
An endoscopy is a procedure where a specialist uses an endoscope, a long flexible tube with a tiny camera and light at the end, to look inside your body. It can be used for diagnostic as well as for preventative purposes. The Endoscopy Units at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) and...
The Provincial Preventative Diabetes Foot Care Program provides education, assessments, and preventative nail and foot care for people living with diabetes with a moderate or higher risk of foot problems. It can improve your independence and self-care, and help you enjoy daily...
Bringing Islanders’ perspectives to health care services and planning Public and patient engagement is an important responsibility of a developing and responsive health care system. Engagement with patients and members of the public ensures: the health care needs of Islanders are...
Health PEI is advising of nearly 750 appointments still available at clinics across the province tomorrow and Friday for Islanders to get vaccinated against COVID-19, including walk-in appointments at dedicated booster dose clinics. There are more than 280 appointments available...
As of April 2013, the Government of Canada began offering Canada Student Loan forgiveness to eligible family physicians, family medicine residents, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and licensed practical nurses who work in under-served rural or remote communities. Loan...
Health PEI collects and analyzes cancer data over time to help inform public health priorities, policies, and new areas of research. Cancer Control Progress Measurements Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control Read about PEI’s progress on national priorities for Canada’s cancer...
What is cervical self-screening? Cervical self-screening makes it possible to screen yourself. What happens during cervical self-screening? The test uses a small swab to collect a sample from the vagina to look for human papillomavirus (HPV). You can do the test during a visit to...
About Beach Grove Home Beach Grove Home is a 118-bed combined long-term care facility located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. There are three households (Meadow, Harbour and Sunset), each with dining and communal living spaces, as well as access to beautiful outdoor...
The Provincial Dental Care Program is making a difference Sally Ross was overdue for a new set of partial plates. After more than twenty years, her old ones had become so worn down they were affecting her bite. She would have replaced them sooner, but partial plates aren’t cheap...