Too often Nova Scotians are turned away from closed emergency rooms, or forced to wait too long for the care they need. You just can’t count on Rodney MacDonald’s Conservatives when it comes to health care. If anything, waits have gotten worse.

Darrell Dexter and the NDP will open the hospital beds needed to ease ER overcrowding, and we’ll recruit doctors to cover hard-to-fill shifts so emergency rooms can remain open. We’ll improve access to primary care by reducing paperwork for family doctors, and boosting collaborative care with more nurse practitioners. The NDP will reduce wait times for surgery with Pre-Hab teams, and improve the focus on preventive care and disease reduction. We will make more effective use of prescription drugs. 

Each step in the NDP plan means more Nova Scotians can receive care when they need it, rather than waiting as their health gets worse.

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1. Create the secure jobs Nova Scotia’s economy needs
2. Keep emergency rooms open and reduce health care waits
3. Ensure more young people stay and build a life here in Nova Scotia
4. Take the HST off home energy to make life more affordable
5. Fix rural roads and keep communities strong
6. Give seniors the option to stay in their homes and communities longer
7. Live within our means

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