Glen Abernethy

I think one of the concrete things that we are doing is actually providing the money to the NWT Seniors' Society to do the work around prevention and awareness and through the Network to Prevent Abuse of Older Adults. We are providing them money. We are working with them to get the information out. We are working on those different screening tools to make sure those are available to our health practitioners so that when individuals come in who are victims of abuse, they are recognized, and they are directed appropriately.

This work continues to evolve as new information becomes available and as...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, last November I tabled Mind and Spirit: Promoting Mental Health and Addictions Recovery in the Northwest Territories, our government’s strategic framework for addressing critical issue for Northerners.

This past February I advised Members that the Department of Health and Social Services would be developing a child and youth mental wellness action plan as part of our implementation of the strategic framework. I am pleased to tell Members that at the appropriate time later today, I will table the Child and Youth Mental Wellness Action Plan.

Mr. Speaker, we...

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I appreciate the Member's comments. The community health centre in Tulita is certainly one that definitely needs to be replaced. There has been a lot of debate in this House about the status of that building, both in this Assembly and the previous Assembly, with things like mice and other critters, if you will, in the facility, and the challenges that has for our staff and for the community.

We are excited to move forward with that facility. What we are looking at, obviously, is to get some work done in the 2018-2019 fiscal year. Hopefully, if everything...

Certainly; pediatric unit.

Thank you Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, with me today on my right is the assistant deputy minister of corporate services, Derek Elkin, and on my left, the director of infrastructure planning, Perry Heath.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we will have staff in the building doing mock runs of processes, mock runs of other things. Some of the structure, furniture, et cetera, will be moved in, but for warranty purposes we would obviously be looking at putting off or moving the substantial amount of the furniture until sort of the last minute in order to make sure that we have insurance coverage and we're not wasting warranty time or insurance time, warranty time on facilities that are sitting in an empty building.

It will progress in, and not all divisions or sections are going to move in at the...

I would just like to confirm once again that the broad category of chronic psychosis provides for coverage of a variety of mental health conditions, so a number of them are covered. People need to make sure that they are working with their practitioners to get that information out. A full review of the supplemental health programs will take over a year as it will involve significant cross-jurisdictional review, analysis, and consultation. Once again, we are doing that work now. We will certainly keep the Member and committee updated as we move forward.

However, if the Member is aware where...

Any eHealth system that you use generates reports of things that you can analyze to help you make evidence-based decisions. Keeping in mind small jurisdictions, we may have to limit some of that information. If the numbers are small and could possibly identify, we will not use data with numbers that low.

I would just like to provide a little bit of clarification. There might be a slight misunderstanding. The broad category of chronic psychosis does provide for coverage of a variety of mental health conditions. Those are based on advice from referring clinicians. Individuals need to consult with their referring clinician to determine whether their condition is in fact covered by the extended benefit under the chronic psychosis category.

I believe that most patients in the Northwest Territories are getting the care they need. However, it is clear that we need to update the policy and associated...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, for many years now we have been moving forward with the implementation of a single electronic medical record system here in the Northwest Territories. We are very close to having that done at a territorial level. All of the information, in, out, to, from, it all has to comply with our Health Information Act to make sure that patients' privacy is protected at all times, and we are monitoring on a regular basis to make sure that there are no breaches. When there are, we have mechanisms to make sure that people are notified appropriately and that their information...