Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can wait, but thank you, I guess.
Mr. Speaker, I'd like to continue the conversation around seeking more clarity on what I'm considering the big three, not infrastructure, but the big three health pieces. That would be primary care reform, health system sustainability, and the new public administrator.
Mr. Speaker, can the Minister please explain how the health system sustainability unit, which I realize is not hers, but how that unit and the public administrator are working together; and, if they are, what parts of their mandate overlap, if any. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Member from Great Slave. Minister of Health and Social Services.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the public administrator has met with the health sustainability unit leadership. Part of his role is to ensure that NTHSSA collaborates with this unit to support the government's goal of improving health services while maintaining fiscal sustainability. So I think they've met a couple of times now. The sustainability, as we all know, works with the entire health and social services system, including all three health authorities, whereas the PA's focus is solely on NTHSSA's operations. This unit, established last year, has a project charter and is progressing quickly. The PA, Mr. Florizone, appointed just before the mandatory leave in December, is currently working to analyze NTHSSA and develop a plan to meet his mandate.
While their work does overlap, their mandates differ. The sustainability unit focuses on long-term sustainability, and I won't get into that. If there's more questions on that, I would say direct them to the Premier. The PA is responsible for NTHSSA's operation. His mandate includes ensuring the efficiency, delivery of quality of health and social services, balancing the NTHSSA budget, supporting health care reform, improving recruitment and retention of health care professionals, improving staff morale, reviewing medical travel while we're working within that medical travel modernization, strengthening the governance, so looking at our governance model, and ensuring compliance and promoting cultural safety and anti-racism service delivery. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That's a lot for one person. Can the Minister explain what the expected outcomes of the public administrator's work will be, or put more simply, how will we know if we've been successful in tackling the significant challenges, many of which she listed just now, that he was brought in to address? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the success of the public administrator will be measured on the progress of his mandate deliverables and then also by his work plans. So once the work plan is finalized and he will be following up with me and with -- like, with the deputy minister, with the CEO. We will continue to follow that up. Once the work plan is approved, though, I will be sharing that with committee. And the success will be measured by clear improvements in the financial sustainability, operational effectiveness, and meeting some legal obligations while addressing our residents' needs. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister of Health and Social Services. Final supplementary. Member from Great Slave.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. When can we expect to see that on this side of the House? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned, the PA was hired late December and so now he's doing the -- he's analyzing. So I would not expect him to come in with a work plan. I want him -- his direction was to come in, work with our administration, work with, you know, a lot of our other groups that we have work. He's met with the medical association. He will be meeting with CAN. He will be going out to the regions to meet with the CEOs and how they run their operations. And then he'll be complying what his mandate is into his work plan. And so I'm hoping that I'll be able to share that, you know, before -- maybe a draft of where we're going with that before the end of March with committee. But I don't have a timeline exactly but as soon as we have that plan drafted, I will share that with committee. Thank you.
Thank you, Minister of Health and Social Services. Oral questions. Member from Yellowknife North.
