Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned in the first response, the NTHSSA has engaged with the staff within the Deh Cho region, and this piece of it is now following the journey of the patients as I mentioned in my Minister's statement. Part of that is going to be seeing the successes through that there are the -- the things that we are doing good, so we don't disturb those things and then the gaps. And part of that will be the analysis afterwards is how do we work with our health professionals and our residents in the region to help fill those gaps. And it has to be driven. And...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as NTHSSA is -- you know, I can bring that back to the health authority. The contract is with the health authority, and the health authority is the one that will be negotiating with them on the new contract, and I'm sure that those discussions are happening in regards to standards and best practices. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, at this time I can say that the -- I don't have the exact details, but I will get back to the Member. But what I will say is that the extended health -- or the extended care moved over to the Liwego'ati from the old Stanton -- from the Stanton hospital, the new Stanton hospital back to the old Stanton hospital, and then we just most recently opened up one house of the long-term care beds, and it is kind of a phased approach over the two floors there, so. But I can commit to getting the numbers of how many beds we have available right now and how many are...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to recognize a constituent of mine, Lorraine Greenland. Thank you for being here today. And as well as Georgie and Sonny and Grace, Annie. It's just nice to have people in the audience. And I see Kurt and Todd there too, so. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there's already been some changes. I know that when they went and did the assessments, some of the actual assessments had to do with building codes and when the NTHSSA did the visits to the health centres, you know, there was collaborations with other departments to make sure that these things were being repaired. And so right now as we move forward, anything that can be implemented immediately, we will be implementing. Anything that will need to be assessed more and if there is a financial means, that has to go through our processes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And, Mr. Speaker, I just want to first of all say that child and family services is there to support families and children. So the way that we are trying to change the way that we're looked at is that if you've exhausted all services in the Northwest Territories as a family, whether it's financial, you know, if there's issues within the home, if you're a family that, you know, is having a hard time accessing care, then there is a voluntary service area where you can work with the child and family service team that can support you. So gone are the days where we are going...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd have to go back to NTHSSA on -- you know, the department. I'm not sure if they're -- what type of a review is going on. However, there are a variety of mental health supports throughout the system. But we continue to review mental health supports for children and youth. The department is working closely with partners to ensure that youth have timely access and appropriate supports ranging from early intervention and school-based services to clinical, virtual, and family support. However, the increased challenges of providing responsive specialized...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I believe that the regulations are -- I'd have to get -- they're within the next year that -- with the health -- Health and Social Services Professions Act, when we bring that to the floor then there's the -- all the regulations that are being done underneath that. I know that we just did What You Heard, so that is -- that is the component as to how they're drafting the regs right now. So I will get back to the Member on the timeline. I do have it, but not at my fingertips. Thank you.

For that level of detail, I will have to get back to the Member. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, through our medical travel policy, as I stated, we do have the boarding homes in the capital here for those that are travelling into the capital for specialized appointment as well as in Inuvik, in the regional centre, and in Edmonton at Larga, and so those -- most people, if they're -- you know, if they're travelling through, if you have work insurance that your work insurance will be paying that. If you do not have work insurance or if you're a senior, you will qualify and you're not under NIHB. You'll qualify if you're low income. And if there's hardship...