The Province has signed an agreement with the Medical Society of Prince Edward Island (MSPEI) to move forward on a physicians’ recruiting physicians model for PEI. “Islanders want and deserve better access to family doctors and specialists. Improving how we recruit physicians to...
Prince Edward Island’s new Fertility Support Program will launch in January. The Fertility Support Program will provide funding to Islanders who are accessing in-vitro fertilization (IVF), intrauterine insemination (IUI) and associated medications at out-of-province clinics. “We...
This document outlines the Clinical and Organizational Ethical Decision-Making Guidelines for Health PEI.
Clients of Deacon House have temporarily been relocated due to a furnace malfunction. Deacon House is operated by Health PEI and offers overnight shelter for up to six adult males over the age of 19 who abuse substances or have a chemical dependency. On Dec. 10, the building’s...
A new Resident Care Worker (RCW) program in Souris will address the need for more skilled workers in rural PEI, while also providing rural residents the opportunity to study and gain meaningful employment closer to home. RCWs are an integral part of the health system, working in...
Prince Edward Island’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has confirmed one new positive case of COVID-19 in province. The individual is a woman in her 20s, who travelled internationally to Prince Edward Island for work that is non-health care related. She has...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has confirmed two new positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of active cases in the province to 11. One is a woman in her 30s, an essential worker (non-health care related) who travelled internationally. The other...
Prince Edward Island’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced a cluster of three new positive case of COVID-19 in the province and is advising of related public exposure locations in Charlottetown. All three cases are women in their 20s with no history...
The Interministerial Women’s Secretariat wants Island women to know there is new booklet available with plenty of valuable information to help them learn about and better manage perimenopause and menopause. Perimenopause, Menopause, and You, is available online and will be...