Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Honourable Jane Groenewegen, Minister of Health and Social Services. Further to my oral questions in committee of the whole regarding palliative care in the North, I am requesting a response in addressing the following written questions:
- Recognizing the demand for palliative care facilities and the need for alternative care will surely increase over the years, I would be interested in receiving the statistics relating to the number of deaths per year due to a terminal illness and deaths resulting from palliative care patients.
- Could you provide a breakdown as to whether the deaths occurred within a hospital, other facilities or a home setting? If these figures are readily available for the past five years, I believe they would confirm an increased need for palliative care services, especially for seniors.
- A cost analysis for palliative care for the terminally ill, including a breakdown of the hours of care required to provide service by physicians and nurses, as well as the additional costs incurred for other hospital services.
- What is the number of current hospital beds allocated at Stanton to accommodate the needs of the terminally ill or those requiring palliative care?
Thank you for addressing the above questions. I look forward to your timely response so I may reply to my constituent regarding these issues. Thank you.