Provincial-Territorial Envelope Initiatives
Northwest Territories
$4,771,470
Objective:
To ensure the sustainability and affordability of the primary health care system in the Northwest Territories.
Activities:
The Northwest Territories' Department of Health and Social Services is undertaking eleven primary health care renewal activities that collectively support the transition to a primary health care approach to health and social services.
- Three initiatives provide public and staff education and co-ordination of primary health care reform in the territory;
- Three initiatives serve to develop integrated primary health care teams and services;
- Two initiatives support improved women's reproductive health services; and
- The remaining three initiatives provide training for various health care providers, including nurse practitioners, dental service providers, and community health workers.
Expected Results:
- Improved training opportunities for current health and social services personnel;
- Improved recruitment and retention rates among health and social services personnel;
- Improved access to health and social services to residents of the Northwest Territories;
- Increased emphasis on health promotion, and the prevention of disease and injury; and
- Improved co-ordination among health and social services.
Some initiatives are time-limited and will end at or before the end of the PHCTF. Ongoing initiatives will be sustained by the Department of Health and Social Services or by the appropriate regional health authority.
Contact:
Vicki Lafferty
Coordinator
Primary Health Care Transition Fund
GNWT Health and Social Services
Box 1320 CST-6
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9
Tel: (867) 873-7709
Fax: (867) 873-7706
Email: vicki_lafferty@gov.nt.ca
 www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca
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