Question 224-20(1): Medical Travel Policies for Residents Injured Outside of the Territory  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, every resident who travels outside the territories on their own -- you know, if you were to end up in the hospital and get sick or anything, that is not the responsibility of the GNWT to bring them back. There is information on the NTHSSA webs

Question 224-20(1): Medical Travel Policies for Residents Injured Outside of the Territory  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there is no policy for helping residents return home in the case where a resident has been travelling in another province, anywhere in Canada, anywhere in the world. Like, if the patient -- or if the person has left the territory on their own,

Question 220-20(1): Speech Language Pathology Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, you know, when regions -- you know, depending on who is reaching out for those services in the different regions, for us, you know, we are working on the recruitment portion of it. But if there independent Indigenous organizations that want to

Question 220-20(1): Speech Language Pathology Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in-person appointments for urgent referrals within the Northwest Territories and telehealth appointments will continue with the staff that we do have. Services will be maintained for students with priority needs. But we also, I want to let the

Question 220-20(1): Speech Language Pathology Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned the NTHSSA is working with the human resources to explore additional recruitment and retention options. Last month representatives from the NTHSSA travelled to the University of Toronto job fair to promote speech language pathol

Question 220-20(1): Speech Language Pathology Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there is a nationwide shortage of these professionals as well and us, as well as every other jurisdiction, is struggling to compete for this small pool of professionals to fill these positions. But NTHSSA is working with human resources to exp

Question 218-20(1): Smoking Cessation Supports and Programs  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, one of the things that, within the small communities -- and I had asked this on numerous occasions to the department on different topics -- is with smoking cessations in the communities, the majority of the population in our small communities,

Question 218-20(1): Smoking Cessation Supports and Programs  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The department of health is very active on social media. I mean, it came to my attention that tomorrow is World No Smoking Day through the health and social services media campaign. So as for the information how it relates to youth, the youth are on so man

Question 218-20(1): Smoking Cessation Supports and Programs  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I fully remember the Don't Be a Butt Head campaign. This school-based smoking prevention program was delivered for about nine years as part of the healthy choices framework. In about 2015, there was a shift toward incorporating tobacco cessation into a bro

Question 218-20(1): Smoking Cessation Supports and Programs  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I want to congratulate the Member on his 11 weeks of not smoking. As we know that smoking is -- yes, as the Member has mentioned, and there are a number of things that we have available for NWT residents who want to quit smoking. There is now -- we hav

Minister's Statement 40-20(1): Opening of Liwegoati Building  Mr. Speaker, the 20th Legislative Assembly has made access to health care one of the top priorities. I am happy to share that as of today, May 30th, the Liwegoati Building is open to the public. Quality health and social services for patients and clients from this building suppor

Question 215-20(1): Use of Agency Nurses  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Tlicho Service Agency staffs theirs when -- when they're on the verge of having no nursing and I know that, from my understanding -- and this is why I know that there's five, is because everybody time I come to the House I always ask my de

Question 215-20(1): Use of Agency Nurses  I don't have that level of detail. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Question 215-20(1): Use of Agency Nurses  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, since 2020, I think that is when we started using agency nurses, I don't have the number of the contracts and that's -- the level of detail that is. What we are doing is we're using nurses where they're not going to shut down services. And, yo

Question 215-20(1): Use of Agency Nurses  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I don't have that level of detail but I know that the Member did have a written question. I don't know if that -- I can't recall if that information was in there, but I can get back to the Member if we can compile that data. Thanks.