The Nova Scotia Health Authority is a provincial health authority serving Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the largest employer in the province, with more than 23,000 employees, 2,500 physicians and 7,000 volunteers working from 45 different facilities.[1] Its largest hospital is the Halifax Infirmary which is part of the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax.
The authority received a $843,530 grant from the Public Health Agency of Canada's Immunization Partnership Fund to implement Nova Scotia's Enhanced Immunization Access Project.[3] Between December 2019 and May 2020, parents of children born in 2011 were surveyed to collect up-to-date immunization records.[4]
On September 1, 2021, the newly elected provincial government undertook wholesale changes in the NS Health Authority. The CEO and volunteer board members were released from their duties. An interim CEO was appointed. Karen Oldfield, newly appointed interim CEO, previously was the senior executive at the Halifax Ports Corporation.
The health authority has a history of medical professional misconduct scandals in Nova Scotia. [5][6][7]
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