Pilot Project to increase access to health care through Nurse Practitioners

The province is launching a nurse practitioner funding pilot that will help increase access to primary health care.

Participating nurse practitioners who provide services outside the provincial health authority will be compensated by the Provincial Government to provide medically necessary services to ensure that patients will no longer be required to pay for those services.

Nurse practitioners will be considered independent contractors.

The Department of Health and Community Services anticipates the launch of the pilot in the coming months.