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Time to refocus priorities: A Statement by the Green Party Leader on International Nurses Day

May 14, 2018 David Coon

Fredericton – David Coon, MLA for Fredericton South and Leader of the Green party of New Brunswick made the following statement in recognition of International Nurses Day (May 12). “Reporting this spring by Michael Robinson at the Telegraph Journal revealed that that nursing shortages are plaguing our hospitals. This exacerbates already long wait-times in our hospitals and is resulting in […]

Feeding Ourselves is Essential to our Prosperity

May 9, 2018 David Coon

It doesn’t get more fundamental than food. As the old saying goes, you are what you eat. But most of us don’t know what’s in our food, or where it came from. If more of the food we eat was produced in New Brunswick, we would have a better idea. There is something fundamentally wrong when you can’t even find […]

Time to Decentralize Health Care Decision-Making

April 11, 2018 David Coon

By: David Coon I am hearing from more and more people that care seems to be a dwindling resource in our health care system compared to a decade ago. Despite the $1.3 billion that we spend on the delivery of hospital services every year our city hospitals are stretched to the limit, operating at full capacity with inadequate levels of […]

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Doctor shortage can be alleviated if more nurse practitioner positions were created

March 16, 2018 David Coon

A new report by the NB Health Council found that 10% of New Brunswickers don’t have a family doctor and 70,000 rely on the emergency room at their local hospital as their regular place of care. The doctor shortage can be alleviated if more nurse practitioner positions were created.

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