Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I just want to continue following up on the questions I was asking the health Minister earlier.
Mr. Speaker, as I had asked, considering people -- and the Minister pointed out, considering people are increasingly having to travel to regional centres to give birth from the communities, is the department working on a plan to ensure access to midwifery services in our hospitals? Thank you.
Thank you, Member from Frame Lake. Minister of Health and Social Services.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Right now, the working group is meeting next month, and they are -- part of that work is to look at options of how to implement midwifery into our hospitals. We know that not just here but even in Inuvik, as a birthing hospital for instance, we struggle with obstetric nurses and so this work is happening right now. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am very encouraged to hear that and appreciate that from the Minister. I am really glad to hear that we have this working group going. I just note that the -- can the Minister give us any indication of how this is going to work? Can the Minister give any indication of staffing levels that they're looking for? What kind of timeline we can expect? I know that my constituents have been very clear with me that they want access to midwifery services in this community. Is the Minister working towards that goal? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't have that level of detail right now, but what I can do is once the session is over, I will ask my department to brief me as to all of the work that has been going on in this area and, you know, I can meet with the Member after I have that briefing. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister of Health and Social Services. Oral questions. Member from Yellowknife Centre.
