Eastern Health Update Spring 2022
Your council and staff have been diligently working together since taking office, to alleviate residents’ concerns in many areas throughout our community. Not the least of which was the lack of available health care services at our clinic in Ferryland. This could not have been addressed without the positive collaboration of representatives from Eastern Health who took our concerns seriously, moving forward in the best way possible.
We are pleased to announce Eastern Health is in the final stages of recruiting a full-time physician to be shared between the communities of Ferryland and Trepassey. This is a great step forward with the start date to be announced in the coming weeks.
In addition, we will have a full time NP in the Ferryland Clinic seeing patients beginning in June, with another full time NP being recruited to cover the maternity leave.
Below is a copy of the email received on Friday, May 6, 2022, from Ashley Ryan, Eastern Health’s, Regional Manager – (Primary Health care and Chronic Disease Prevention and Management Program) part of their team.
Good Day to the Mayor and Town Councilors,
On behalf of myself and my leadership team at Eastern Health, we want to sincerely thank you for meeting with us on Tuesday. It was incredibly refreshing to connect with like-minded individuals and discuss improving services in your community.
I am incredibly delighted to announce the start date for our new casual Nurse Practitioner is the end of May. Her name is Roseanne Hickey and she is delighted to become a part of the clinic team! Once she gets orientated, she will be seeing patients in June. Rosanne will be full time for the first part of the summer while I continue to recruit for a full time NP to cover the maternity leave. I will provide an update on the physician once the recruitment process is completed. In the interim, I am continuing to offer weekend and evening virtual clinics with other NPs who are so graciously helping Alison.
Once again, thank you so much for meeting with us and also for your kindness and willingness to partner and work together!
Have a great weekend,
Ash