Health and Community Services - 2002
January, February,
March, April, May,
June,
July, August, September, October,
November, December
January
January 21
Decrease in smoking
rates for first half of 2001 - Version fran�aise
January 22
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, January 23,
St. John's Subject: Primary Care Advisory Committee Report
January 23
Minister releases report of Primary Care
Advisory Committee
January 31
Health and Community Services honoured by Lung
Association
February February
11
NOTE TO EDITORS: Launch of Ticker Tom Valentine Day School Program
February 12
Ticker Tom Valentine Day School Program
launched
February 13
Minister makes appointments to health boards
March March
8
Minister proclaims Social Work Week
March 11
Early Childhood Educators� Week proclaimed for
March 9-16
March 12
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference - Subject: Family Resource Programs - March 13, St. John's
March 13
Minister announces sites for new and enhanced
Family Resource Programs
March 21
Government forging ahead with new Strategic
Health Plan
Government to increase enrolment in nursing
program
Government supports psychiatric assessment/short stay unit
Government supporting rate increase for home
support
Additional funds for transition houses
Government continues commitment to health
infrastructure
Government continues commitment to personal
care homes
Government continues investments in health
information technology
Backgrounders
Picture Archiving Communications System (PACS)
Unique Personal Identifier (UPI) and Client
Registry
March 26
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, Subject
:Operational
review of Health Care Corporation of St. John�s
March 27
Government releases operational review of Health Care Corporation of St. John�s
Government discontinuing pilot project on prescription monitoring
April
April 1
Government
partners with Community Mental Health Initiative Inc.
April 5
NOTE TO EDITORS: Public information session, re: Adoptions Act, April 10
World Health Day proclaimed for April 7
Ministers introduce new employment program for social work students
April 12
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister to present to
Commission on Health Care
April 15
Ministerial Statement - Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
May
May 6
Minister acknowledges National Nursing Week
Minister acknowledges Mental Health Week
May 10
Minister acknowledges Canada Health Day
May 16
Government contributes $75,000 to strategy to get people active
May 23
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister to address St. John's Rotary Club Luncheon - May 23
May 28
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister to address Newfoundland and Labrador Regional
Group of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada - May 28, St.
John's
August
August 2
Minister visits Carbonear Hospital and long-term care facilities
September September
9
NOTE TO EDITORS
News conference on Strategic Health Plan
September 10
Minister releases Strategic Health Plan
September 13
Power of Life Project - Cancer organizations, private sector and
government launch unique new cancer initiative
September 27
NOTE TO EDITORS: Health Minister calls on
NLMA to act responsibly
September 30
Minister releases comparable health
indicators report
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, September 30, St. John's subject:
negotiations with the NLMA
October
October 1
NOTE TO
EDITORS: News conference October 1, St. John's subject: NLMA job
action
October 2
NOTE TO EDITORS: news conference - October 2, St. John's subject: NLMA job action
October 3
NOTE TO EDITORS: news conference - October 3, St. John's subject: NLMA job action
October 4
NOTE TO EDITORS: news conference - October 4,
St. John's - subject: NLMA job action
October 6
Talks
with NLMA have broken off
October 7
NOTE TO EDITORS: Ministers avaliable re: NLMA
- October 7, St. John's
October 8
NOTE TO EDITORS: Ministers available re: NLMA - October 8, St. John's
October 11
Ministers
announce appointment of design consultants for Clarenville Long Term Care
Facility
October 15
NOTE TO EDITORS: Ministers available re: NLMA
- October 15, St. John's
October 18
First
meeting for Physician Services Liaison Committee
November
November 1
Minister announces new appointments to Teen
Tobacco Team
November 6
Minister announces Provincial Wellness
Advisory Council
November 18
Ministerial
Statement - Official opening of Office of the Child and Youth Advocate
November 20
Ministerial Statement - National Child Day
November 29
ACCESS House - Rotary support transforms community program
December
December 3
Ministerial
Statement - International Day of Disabled Persons
Ministers meet
with provincial Pesticide Working Group
December 12
Minister
announces Primary Health Care Advisory Council
December 19
Rabies case confirmed in western
Newfoundland
December 31
Officials encouraging public to vaccinate
pets against rabies
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