Transgender Islanders will now be able to access medically necessary gender-confirming surgeries through the province’s Medicare program. Gender-confirming surgery, also referred to as gender affirming or sex reassignment surgery, is a medically recognized treatment for gender...
Access to sufficient quantities of nutritious food is a fundamental human need. When individuals or families have inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints, they are said to be food insecure. Rates of food insecurity have been measured in C
The provincial government is taking steps to increase accountability and community engagement with the provincial health authority. Health and Wellness Minister Robert Mitchell today tabled amendments to the nine-year-old Health Services Act that outlines the administrative and...
The Government of PEI has adopted the Government of Canada’s Open Data principles based on the Sunlight Foundation's " Ten Principles for Opening up Government Information." 1. Completeness Datasets should be as complete as possible, reflecting the entirety of what is recorded...
Strengthening mental health services - Islanders living with mental illness will soon have better access to housing that meets their needs. Through a new partnership with Health PEI and the Canadian Mental Health Association-PEI, a 10-bed housing unit will be established this...
The Government of Prince Edward Island is committed to providing citizens with access to any data that is produced by a provincial government department or agency. Data collected on various subjects platforms is consolidated in one place and presented online in a user-friendly format. Please click the button below to access Government of Prince Edward Island Open Data. What is Open Data? Open Data is defined as structured data that is machine-readable, freely shared, used and built on without restrictions. The Open Definition provides a more detailed definition of Open Data. To summarize the...
Islanders living with diabetes are invited to a series of important conversations next month that will shape Prince Edward Island’s renewed diabetes strategy. Health PEI will hold four focus group sessions across the province from June 5 to 13 to help inform the new multi-year...
Together, the Province of Prince Edward Island and the Canadian Mental Health Association - PEI Division have developed a Provincial Suicide Prevention Action Plan. The focus of the action plan is to build HOPE for individuals and for communities and to challenge factors that...
The Prince Edward Island government wants to hear from Islanders living with diabetes - how programs and services have helped – and/or how they could be improved. “Hearing from the public is the best way for Health PEI to see if there are gaps in health programs and services, and...