Northern Health Region Community Health Assessment 2019 Chief Executive Officer 84 Church Street Flin Flon, MB R8A 1L8 Telephone: (204) 687-3010 Fax: (204) 687-6405 Email:
[email protected] A Message to the Residents of the Northern Health Region from Helga Bryant, Chief Executive Officer The Northern Health Region’s 2019 Community Health Assessment (CHA) is the product of an intensive year of work by our Community Health Assessment Working Group, staff, physicians, community partners, and residents. This CHA for the Northern Health Region builds on the previous assessment and depicts a true picture of the health of those living in the Northern Region. The health of our communities continues to emerge and we are excited about the direction we are heading; the information gained from the CHA enables our planning for those we serve as we strive for Healthy People, Healthy North. While we still have many health challenges facing our Region, there are some very good closer look stories submitted by our team showing the great strides we have made toward the priorities set out in our latest Strategic Plan. A backdrop to the 2019 CHA and our planning is the system transformation underway in the province. The Provincial Clinical and Preventive Services Plan was recently released and we look forward to working with Shared Health and the Manitoba Government to determine what this plan means for health care in the North. Numerous representatives from our Region participated in the development of this plan and we remain hopeful that the unique challenges for health care in the Northern Health Region are reflected.