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Grandparent and Alternative Care Provider (GACP) Program
The Grandparent and Alternative Care Provider Program was created by the Department of Social Development and Seniors as a program for children who have been found in need of protection under the Child Youth and Family Services Act and require out-of-home care. The program...
Health care services added to Access PEI
Island residents can now receive assistance at Access PEI locations to apply for health care related services. “As more and more services are added online for convenience, it is important that we offer assistance to ensure it is accessible for all Island residents. This...
Access to Care
Know your options 811 Telehealth Get 24-hour phone support from a nurse who can refer you to additional community services. 2-1-1 PEI Call 2-1-1 or search the pe.211.ca website to connect with social, government and non-urgent health services quickly and easily. Pharmacy Plus PEI...
Discussing end-of-life care is difficult, but important
On Advance Care Planning Day, Islanders are encouraged start the important and sensitive conversation about their own end-of-life care. Since 2012, April 16 has marked national Advance Care Planning Day in Canada. Last spring, Health PEI launched an online advance care planning...
Health PEI Nursing Strategy: 2017-2020 - Nurses Transforming Health Care
The Health PEI Nursing Strategy: 2017-2020 sets direction for nursing within the province’s publically funded health care system.
New free respite care training program available
Canadian citizens and permanent residents in PEI can receive training to become a respite care professional at no cost through a new program. In partnership with Holland College, Your Life Design Inc. will be delivering the Respite Care Professional (RCP) program. The 10-week...
Provincial Patient Registry – Frequently Asked Questions
Why is Health PEI asking me to update my information? We want to make sure the information we have is accurate so we can match you or your household with a family doctor or nurse practitioner as efficiently as possible. Even if nothing has changed, confirming your details helps...
Canada’s Premiers Looking to Partner with Federal Government on Health Care Sustainability
Canada’s Premiers came together in Victoria for their first in person meeting in over two years, to emphasize the urgent need for a new, sustainable health care funding partnership for Canadians. As we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, which has intensified the pre-existing...
Premiers discuss pressures on our health care systems and urge the federal government to join them in building a sustainable health care funding partnership
Canada’s Premiers met today by videoconference to discuss the urgent need to resolve the structural funding shortfall facing our health care systems, and create a new, sustainable health care funding partnership for all Canadians.“Now is the time for a new long-term funding...