North Sydney will soon be home to a new, modern community health centre, long-term care home and laundry centre.
Premier Stephen McNeil announced today, Aug. 2, that the new health-care facilities will be located on Memorial Drive in the Northside Business Park.
New Waterford will soon be home to an innovative community hub that includes a new school, community health centre and long-term care home.
Premier Stephen McNeil announced today, Aug. 2, that Breton Education Centre will be replaced and will share a site with new, modern health-care facilities.
The following is an op-ed from Health Minister Randy Delorey.
A year ago, we shared with Cape Bretoners a plan to change the way health care is delivered in Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM), to better meet the needs of patients and families, and to attract more doctors, nurses and other health-care professionals to the area.
CBRM Health Care Redevelopment Team’s Patient and Family Advisors (left to right):
Danielle Baldwin-Boutilier; Marcie MacKinnon; Lead Walsh-Wilton; Jim Merkley;
The province will use a design-build-finance-maintain approach to build new community health centres and new long-term care facilities in North Sydney and New Waterford as part of the CBRM Health Care Redevelopment project. This work will also include a new laundry centre in North Sydney.
A consulting firm will be hired in the next few weeks to lead the P-3 process, similar to the QEII New Generation project. This will ensure government is ready to go to tender as quickly as possible once the planning of these new facilities is complete.
The Cape Breton Regional Hospital is getting a new emergency department, critical care department and cancer centre as part of a major expansion.
Health and Wellness Minister Randy Delorey announced plans in Sydney today, March 25. The expansion is part of the CBRM Health Care Redevelopment Project and will transform the way health care is delivered, improving access to care and creating more reliable, sustainable services.
The Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) Health Care Redevelopment project team is looking for volunteer patient and family advisors to provide input into the redevelopment project.
The team is looking for eight community-minded individuals who can use their experience with the health system as a patient, family member, caregiver, or citizen to contribute to the project. There will be two volunteers from each of the communities linked to the project – Sydney (2), Glace Bay (2), North Sydney (2) and New Waterford (2).
Work on the CBRM Health Care Redevelopment project is proceeding well. Here are recent developments with the project.
Leadership team
A senior medical director has been added to the leadership team. The team now includes:
Cape Breton orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Kevin Orrell has been named senior medical director for the CBRM Health Care Redevelopment Project. He joins a local leadership team that will help to reshape health care delivery in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM).
In his role, Dr. Orrell will collaborate with family doctors and specialists, Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) staff and local communities to ensure the infrastructure being created will meet the current and future health needs of patients.
Government and the Nova Scotia Health Authority announced plans to reshape and revitalize Cape Breton’s health system to better connect patients and their families to the care they need.
