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Request NumberRequest SummaryDate PostedDepartment
HCS/175/2024 Please provide the following information regarding the recent announcement on road ambulance services (https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2024/health/0530n01/). 1) Did GNL / NL Health Services purchase physical ambulance vehicles from the previous private operators in the province. If so, please provide a breakdown of the number of ambulances purchased, an inventory of any physical support infrastructures such as garages, and cost paid for these physical assets (vehicles and structures). 2024-07-22Health and Community Services
HCS/175/2021 Information from the Health and Community Services of the government of Newfoundland regarding the Together Again reopening plan.2022-01-19Health and Community Services
HCS/174/2024 All costs re out of province radiation treatment referrals from January 2023, to present.2024-07-10Health and Community Services
HCS/174/2023 I request all documents from January 1 2017 to present, including correspondences like emails, briefing notes, and internal memos, discussing the New Mental Health and Addictions Facility due to replace the Waterford Hospital regarding discussions of harm reduction, the opioid crisis, and safe injection facilities. Furthermore, I am interested in any and all documents pertaining to restoring the hospital's reputation as an upstanding facility, given the colloquial fear of the Waterford many patients regularly describe.2024-01-12Health and Community Services
HCS/174/2021 I am seeking all emails from the public to Health Minister John Haggie regarding the "mask mandate", "mandatory vaccinations", "vaccine passport" mandate, or "ending the lockdown". Time period: March 2020 to present.2021-10-19Health and Community Services
HCS/173/2024 Information regarding the provincial funding program for IVF treatments.2024-07-04Health and Community Services
HCS/173/2023 All records related to World Energy GH2's environmental impact statement for the Port au Port-Stephenville Wind Power and Hydrogen Generation Project (Project Nujio'qonik GH2). Dates: Aug. 22, 2023 to Nov. 3, 2023.2024-03-14Health and Community Services
HCS/173/2022 A copy of all briefing material provided to, and created for, the Minister, Deputy Minister, Assistant Deputy Ministers for May 2022 and June 2022.2022-12-30Health and Community Services
HCS/172/2024 I would like all relevant studies, data, research and related information which was used by Janice Fitzgerald to determine that Covid19 had become mild, and comparable to influenza. Any official documents sent from the federal government, the world health organization, research groups, emails from epidemiologists etc. would be greatly appreciated. Please contact me if you have any questions.2024-09-25Health and Community Services
HCS/172/2021 The binder used by the Minister this week (June 7-10th) in the House of Assembly. If they changed from day to day, please provide each.2021-10-08Health and Community Services
HCS/17/2016[1] Please provide all emails sent/received by Wayne Young - Air Ambulance Manager with the HCS from canceled date of the Out-Of-Province Jet Services tender dated 2013 until the awarding of the RFP awarded in November 2015.2016-04-14Health and Community Services
HCS/17/2015 Provide the name of your Telehealth Coordinator and how long this person has been in this position. In addition, out of the last 60 months, how many months has this position been vacant?2015-03-25Health and Community Services
HCS/169/2022[1] I am requesting all data regarding medical malpractice in all its forms, within your province that includes misdiagnosis, miss prescription, infection, negligence, failed surgery etc. I am hoping these can also be further separated by death vs debilitating injury or disorder. I require these for the following years: 31/03/18 - 01/04/21.2022-07-25Health and Community Services
HCS/168/2021 Please provide a breakdown of costs for the following Air Ambulance services for 2019-20 and 2020-21 by Aircraft Company (PAL, EVAS, Government Air Services - St. John's, Air Services Goose Bay).2022-01-13Health and Community Services
HCS/168/2020 Please provide the records for adverse reactions to all vaccines given for the last four years.2020-11-12Health and Community Services
HCS/167/2023 All correspondence, internal and external, regarding the closure of the Grace General Hospital, from January 1st, 1999 to October 1st, 2000.2023-12-28Health and Community Services
HCS/167/2022 All records related to the move to updating the COVID-19 information/statistics dashboard only on a weekly basis.2022-07-25Health and Community Services
HCS/166/2022 In early April 2022, people with diabetes were quietly removed from the immunocompromised category providing eligibility for PCR COVID-19 tests in Newfoundland and Labrador. Provide any and all records regarding this change, including but not limited to the statement "guidance from the Public Health Agency of Canada, patients with diabetes were considered low risk for progression of COVID-19 to severe outcomes". Provide all internal communications - emails, briefing notes. meeting notes, and other records at DHCS regarding this change.2022-07-25Health and Community Services
HCS/164/2023 What commercial arrangements were made to procure and deliver vaccines to the province? Did the province make arrangements directly with manufacturers (Pfizer and Moderna) or was there a third party intermediator such as, but not limited to, a federal government agency or contractor acting on behalf either the provincial or federal government. If such a third party arrangement (or more than one) was made, with whom was it made and when.2023-11-22Health and Community Services
HCS/163/2024 A list of briefing materials prepared for the Deputy Minister and Minister for the month of May 2024.2024-07-22Health and Community Services
HCS/163/2023 Records concerning $15.4M increase to personal care homes.2024-01-24Health and Community Services
HCS/163/2020 A list of briefing materials prepared for the deputy minister or the minister for the month of September 2020.2020-11-13Health and Community Services
HCS/161/2023 Records relating to homelessness and/or the tents on Prince Philip Drive and/or tent city and/or housing crisis and/ or rental crisis and/ or hotels and/or short term solutions to address the tents on Prince Philip Drive and/ or long term solutions to address the tents on Prince Philip from October 1, 2023 to October 13, 2023. 2023-11-07Health and Community Services
HCS/161/2022 Any information on efforts made to reduce the number of benzodiazipene prescriptions issued.2022-07-25Health and Community Services
HCS/161/2019 A list of briefing materials prepared for the deputy minister or the minister for the month of November 2019.2020-02-06Health and Community Services
HCS/160/2024 Communication from January 2022 to present day with the Registered Nurses Union of NL regarding a Nurse Practitioner funding model.2024-07-04Health and Community Services
HCS/160/2023 For fiscal 2022/23 and year-to-date 2023/24, the average number of seniors in personal care/assisted living homes in Newfoundland and Labrador who received government subsidies during these two periods plus the average overall level of clients (both those who are self pay and those who received subsidies) broken down by each private personal care/assisted living institution (and its location) during these two periods.2023-11-22Health and Community Services
HCS/160/2022 A list of briefing materials prepared for the deputy minister or the minister for the month of May 2022.2022-07-15Health and Community Services
HCS/160/2019 All communication, written notes, emails and beefing notes referencing to air ambulance, Med Flight NL and air ambulance staffing from Nov 1, 2019 through Dec 10, 2019.2020-02-27Health and Community Services
HCS/16/2021 Please provide a copy of the Ambulance Service Agreement(s) for private and community operators which was finalized in January of 2021.2021-03-04Health and Community Services
HCS/16/2019 I am requesting all communications from the department of Health and Community Services, pertaining to air ambulance from October 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018.2019-04-08Health and Community Services
HCS/159/2021 Notes, emails, briefing materials, or any other materials related to the evaluation of the use of overreacting as a treatment or prevention for covid-19.2021-11-03Health and Community Services
HCS/158/2023 All records that relate to the encampment on Prince Philip Drive where unhoused people have been camping, including but not limited to communications and government officials' visits to individuals at the encampment. Please include the following individuals in the search: Minister, Deputy Minister, Assistant Deputy Ministers, and Niki Legge. Date range: Oct. 1, 2023 to Oct. 11, 2023.2023-11-07Health and Community Services
HCS/158/2021 Information on annual billings by family physician, and the number of family physicians in Newfoundland (by region is possible) for 2010 - present.2021-08-19Health and Community Services
HCS/157/2021 Officials in Canada often talk about weekly federal, provincial and territorial meetings regarding coronavirus. These meetings should require some preparation. Please provide a copy of all agenda items, meeting summaries and emails sent to the Minister, Deputy Minister, appropriate assistant deputy minister who participate in these meetings and your policy director(s) regarding these federal, provincial, territorial meetings on coronavirus. Timeline is December 1, 2020 to present.2021-08-30Health and Community Services
HCS/156/2023 Any communications in any medium (emails sent/received including attachments, teleconference calls, phone logs, text messages on work phones, letters, etc.), as well as any documents (including BUT NOT LIMITED TO key messages, decision notes, briefing documents, information notes, research, etc.) related to Her Majesty's Penitentiary.2023-11-03Health and Community Services
HCS/156/2022 For the date range of January 1, 2017 to June 6, 2022, all written correspondence or records of verbal or video correspondence between the Dept of Health and Community Services and the town of Pouch Cove or its representatives / staff / elected officials.2022-07-15Health and Community Services
HCS/156/2021 All communication between department executive and Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information executive about merging the latter into the former. Timeline: August 1, 2020 to present.2021-10-06Health and Community Services
HCS/156/2019 Request for various briefing notes.2020-01-13Health and Community Services
HCS/155/2023 Any information and documents related to the procurement process and evaluation process in response to the Open Call for Bids Request for Proposals #2022-3081 - Urgent Care and Walk-in Clinic.2023-11-22Health and Community Services
HCS/153/2023 Information notes, briefing notes, decision notes, meeting notes, speaking notes that discuss: Provincial epilepsy statistics, epilepsy incidence within the province, epidemiology, government initiatives and/or policies related to epilepsy. Time frame: September 15, 2017 to September 15, 2022.2023-10-24Health and Community Services
HCS/153/2021 All records related to the merger of the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information (NLCHI) into Health and Community Services. Please transfer to appropriate department if this is not the one that would have such records.2021-10-06Health and Community Services
HCS/153/2020 Total amount (itemized) paid to the contractors (PAL) & (EVAS) for 2019-2020 fiscal year - total amount (itemized) paid to the contractors (PAL) & (EVAS) for 2020 year to date - totals paid to charter companies for all out of province medevacs for Companies other than EVAS/PAL for 2020 calendar year - total number of patients moved by the contract aircraft vs Government aircraft for 2020 calendar year to date.2020-11-12Health and Community Services
HCS/152/2022 The number of monthly applications per calendar year made through the Special Authorization Drug Process for drugs used for cancer treatment, including pain management and drugs that improve quality of life while undergoing cancer treatment.2022-06-20Health and Community Services
HCS/152/2021 A copy of the binder used by the Minister today June 1 2021 in the House of Assembly.2021-10-06Health and Community Services
HCS/151/2022 Please provide a detailed breakdown of the total cost of the May 2022 Royal Visit to Newfoundland and Labrador (Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla) incurred by this department. Please describe what each specific cost was for.2022-06-06Health and Community Services
HCS/151/2019 I am looking for the capital equipment approvals for the RHA(regional health authorities)for 2019-20. I believe this would be contained in the department of health and community services budget. This would include list for all four regional health authorities.2019-11-18Health and Community Services
HCS/151/2016 I am looking for the capital equipment approvals for the RHA(regional health authorities)for 2016-17. I believe this would be contained in the department of health and community services budget 2016-17. This would include list for all four regional health authorities.2017-01-18Health and Community Services
HCS/150/2016 This is a request for any and all records, emails, briefing notes, documents or correspondence between the Provincial Government, Western Health and the City of Corner Brook regarding the replacement of the Western Memorial Regional Hospital from April 2016 to present. This request should also include records (same as above) pertaining to the $40 million already spent on the project.2017-02-13Health and Community Services
HCS/15/2021 All records and communications in the possession, custody or control of the Public Health NL, Health department, Health and Community Services, describing the isolation of a SARS-COV-2 virus, directly from a sample taken from a diseased patient, where the patient sample was not first combined with any other source of genetic material (i.e monkey kidney cells, aka VERO cells, liver cancer cells). 2021-02-19Health and Community Services

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