Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wanted to ask questions of the Minister of Health and Social Services following up on the statement and questions I was asking last week, I believe, about the work plan for the public administrator.
So the work plan states that the public administrator should be working with HSS and the NTHSSA to ensure effective implementation of primary care reform, starting in Yellowknife and reporting back on findings to inform work in other regions. And this work is marked as ongoing, and the deliverables are pretty vague.
So can the Minister explain what specific deliverables and timelines are expected from the public administrator around primary care reform in particular? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Yellowknife North. Minister of Health and Social Services.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the final primary care framework has yet to be released. Deliverables will be dependent on this framework. In tandem with the primary care reform work, the PA worked on improving access to care closer to home in the Dehcho cabin community, so the team was busy in that area. And so we'll be looking to increase -- I believe the next phase is -- and as I mentioned, I believe they'll be starting the work in April on the patient journey in Yellowknife. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can the Minister actually give us any more detail on what is this primary care framework that is being worked on? What is a framework; what's the purpose of it? What's going to come out of this framework? I know we throw around a lot of jargon often about strategies and frameworks and plans but in this context, what is a primary care framework? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So as I think we released earlier -- oh, I can't remember -- the document that was released, this was the -- kind of the guide of how the framework was being designed. And so at this point, I would have to let the Member know that once the framework is completed and I am briefed, and then we go through the processes, I will be able to let the Member know more on what that framework is entitled. But from the comments that I've had, and, you know, and this House has brought up many times on team-based care and how people are being attached. There will be a document released shortly after that on how to attach the public to teams, and so there will be a guideline and that type of information. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister of Health and Social Services. Final supplementary. Member from Yellowknife North.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So what is the status of the promised public dashboard on the health authority website that was supposed to be charting progress on the work plan of the public administrator? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the work plan that was -- so the dashboard here, I believe that they were -- the NTHSSA launched a new online indicator dashboard in December that allowed the public to access information, interest in several areas. There has been some computer stuff to try and get the dashboard of the PA. However, I will follow up with the PA when I meet with him this week. Thank you.
Thank you, Minister of Health and Social Services. Oral questions. Member from the Dehcho.
