“The Holt government pledged to open 10 community clinics within the first 18 months of its mandate. “We’re on a very aggressive time schedule,” Dornan said. “Some areas are very close to that. They’re just on the edge of getting support from us to open them up as collaborative care clinics. We’re quite optimistic we’re going to deliver on this.” In addition to the clinic in Carleton North, the Fredericton North clinic at Brookside Mall is also high on the list of collaborative clinics in the works, as are sites in Moncton, Saint John, Edmundston, Campbellton, the Acadian Peninsula, St. Stephen, Sussex and Sackville.”

$30 million is being invested in team based primary care, also known as community care clinics. This investment will help us achieve the platform commitment of creating at least 30 local family health teams across the province.