Good morning, Today, we are releasing the statistical results of our Nurses’ Safety Survey. We received a very good response, with one-third of the membership responding. We have issued a media release this morning (see below), and have sent a letter to the Premier and the Minister of Health & Wellness, laying out the shocking […]
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Statement on Health Care Crisis from NSGEU President Jason MacLean
Health care in Nova Scotia is in crisis. Everyone who works in health care knows it. Every person who tries to get health care knows it. Only the McNeil Liberals refuse to acknowledge it. And that’s a problem. Every day they bury their head in the sand is another day a family sits in an […]
Press Release: NSGEU calls for release of Code Census data, McNeil hiding health care crisis
The Nova Scotia Health Authority has a responsibility to release Code Census data that highlights the crisis taking place at the Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department and puts patients and workers at risk says NSGEU President Jason MacLean. “Stephen McNeil keeps denying the crisis in health care and the NSHA has information that shows just how […]
Press Release: Health care crisis reaches dangerous tipping point
Conditions at the Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department have reached a dangerous tipping point where patient and health care worker safety are at-risk, says NSGEU President Jason MacLean. “Last night at the HI Emergency Department there were up to 17 ambulances backed up, waiting over 10 hours to get the emergency care they need,” says MacLean. […]
Press Release: NSGEU President asks Premier to meet him at Emergency Department to see the crisis for himself
NSGEU President Jason MacLean asks Stephen McNeil to meet him at the Halifax Infirmary Emergency Department today, or any day, so he can see the crisis in health care first hand. “If the Premier can schedule a trip all the way to China to pursue economic opportunities, his words not mine, I would think he […]
Press Release: Health Care Crisis can no longer be ignored by McNeil
“It’s time for Stephen McNeil to put away his passport, stay in the province, look at the facts, and admit there is a crisis in health care so his government can start working on solutions,” says Jason MacLean, President of NSGEU. “Members are telling us that right now at the Halifax Infirmary patients are waiting […]
Press Release: NSGEU Spells It Out for McNeil Liberals: There is a crisis in health care
Stephen McNeil and the Nova Scotia Liberals have turned their backs on patients, families, nurses, health care professionals, and doctors who have all been telling him there is a crisis in health care. A new NSGEU on-line campaign spells it out for the McNeil Liberals and asks them to stop denying the health care crisis […]
McNeil must take ownership for the health care crisis he helped create
Nova Scotia’s Auditor General did his job; now it’s time for Stephen McNeil to do his and take action to fix the current crisis in health care, says NSGEU Second Vice-President Kim Jenkins. “The past few days Stephen McNeil has attacked the credibility of the Auditor General and his staff, something he does whenever his […]
