This is a page from the 2024 New Brunswick general election.
Healthcare platforms
Here's what the candidates in Saint John West-Lancaster, and their parties, are promising.Cancer
We don't have any PC policies on Cancer.
We don't have any Green policies on Cancer.
Liberal
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Implement at-home pap tests for cervical cancer screening
Drugs and addiction
Family doctors and primary care
Gender-affirming care
We don't have any PC policies on Gender-affirming care.
Green
We don't have any Liberal policies on Gender-affirming care.
Health administration
Health coverage
We don't have any PC policies on Health coverage.
Green
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Provide public funding for essential medical supplies, such as diabetes test strips, ostomy bags, and enteral nutrition supplies
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Publicly fund psychotherapy
We don't have any Liberal policies on Health coverage.
Health staffing
PC
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Cover 50% of Registered Nurses' Long Term Disability premiums for the next two years
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Expand the scope of practice for nurse practitioners, registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, paramedics, and pharmacists
Green
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Offer full tuition bursaries for students in medical and nursing school
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Provide settlement services to new doctors and nurse practitioners
Liberal
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Work with Dalhousie Medicine NB and Centre de formation médicale du N-B to create more training and residency seats
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Review and expand healthcare professionals' scope of practice to optimise their roles
Hospitals
We don't have any PC policies on Hospitals.
We don't have any Green policies on Hospitals.
Liberal
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Increase the time that operating rooms are open
Indigenous health
We don't have any PC policies on Indigenous health.
We don't have any Green policies on Indigenous health.
Liberal
Long-term care
We don't have any PC policies on Long-term care.
Green
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Ensure seniors waiting in hospitals for placement in a nursing home or special care home receive equivalent services and activities
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Index the Comfort and Clothing Allowance for long-term care residents to the cost of living
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Ensure residents in long-term care facilities receive 4.1 hours of care per day
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Ensure all seniors have access to long-term care in their preferred official language
Liberal
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Increase the comfort and clothing allowance for seniors from $150 to $200
Mental health
We don't have any PC policies on Mental health.
Green
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Publicly fund psychotherapy
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Provide counselling service through community health clinics
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Increase the proportion of the Department of Health's budget that is spent on mental health and addiction service to 12%
Liberal
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Increase residency seats for psychiatrists and psychologists
Natal care
Neurodegenerative diseases
We don't have any PC policies on Neurodegenerative diseases.
Green
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Launch a public inquiry into high rates of neurodegenerative disease among New Brunswickers
We don't have any Liberal policies on Neurodegenerative diseases.
Seniors
We don't have any PC policies on Seniors.
Green
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Index the Comfort and Clothing Allowance for long-term care residents to the cost of living
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Reinstate the Primary Informal Caregiver Benefit
Liberal
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Review and update the process and standards for homecare allocation
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Increase wages for homecare workers
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Increase the comfort and clothing allowance for seniors from $150 to $200
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Provide the RSV vaccine for free for seniors and vulnerable people
Sexual and reproductive health
Tobacco products
We don't have any PC policies on Tobacco products.
Green
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Increase the legal age for purchasing tobacco to 21
We don't have any Liberal policies on Tobacco products.