Records include an annual report, legislation files, and self-government files. The annual report is from the Fort Smith Health and Social Services Authority. The legislation files include details regarding the drug interchangeability formulary, grandfathering under the Social Workers Act, and a discussion paper related to the Health and Social Services Professions Act. The self-government files document the role of the Department of Health and Social Services in self-government negotiations, including but not limited to presentations given by the department during self-government discussions, and actions taken by the department related to implementation of the Tlicho Final Agreement.
Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Policy, Legislation and Communications divisionRecords date from 1972-1998, and mainly relate to legislative initiatives and amendments of Department of Health and Department of Health and Social Services legislation or acts. The files include options papers, draft proposals, and correspondence between legislative policy analysts and the department regarding the requested legislative amendments or initiatives. There are also files from the National Health Research and Development Program (NHRDP) related to the evaluation of NHRDP submissions, correspondence and minutes from the NHRDP Review Panel, as well as files identifying research needs in the NWT, development of health related workshops that would be delivered by the Department of Health, as well as program development in the NWT. In addition, the accession includes departmental strategic planning and reorganization files related to the amalgamation of the Department of Health and the Department of Social Services, as well as files related to the transfer of health services to the GNWT from the Federal Government. There are also records from the Community Transfer Initiative and how it impacted the transfer of health services to communities. There are also working drafts and development files for departmental reports such as the NWT Health Report, NWT Health Status Report, Ambulance Services Report, as well as program evaluation files about the AIDS project and Advanced Nursing Skills Program. The remaining files include management studies (Management for Results) for the various health boards, copies of MOU between the Department of Health and Social Services and Justice and Education, Culture and Employment, as well as files from the Vital Statistics Committee, Territorial Laboratory Standards Committee and Traditional Knowledge Working Group, in particular traditional knowledge activities at Stanton Hospital.
Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Policy, Legislation and Communications divisionRecords include files related to the delivery of health and social services programming under land claims and self-government agreements, Senior Management Committee (SMC) meetings, various internal health and social services committees, family violence intiatives, work on the social agenda of the GNWT and files from the Social Lens Working Groups.
Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Policy, Legislation and Communications divisionRecords include briefing books, files related to legislative amendments, information sharing agreements, a report on a review of health care services, and materials from departmental senior management meetings.
Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Policy, Legislation and Communications divisionRecords include files related to the Cuff Report: It's Time to Act, Joint Senior Management Committee meetings, and Joint Leadership Council meetings.
Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Policy, Legislation and Communications divisionRecords include files related to community transfer initiatives to devolve authority for the delivery of health and social service programs to the regional authorities.
Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Policy, Legislation and Communications divisionRecords date from 1988-2001 and include correspondence, minutes, agreements and bylaws documenting the support of community-based health boards and agencies.
Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Policy, Legislation and Communications divisionFiles consist of regional Board support records, self-government negotiation files as well as reports.
Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Policy, Legislation and Communications divisionRecords include briefing books, ministerial directives, departmental publications, and files regarding the development of legislation.
Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Policy, Legislation and Communications divisionRecords include files relating to governance of the Fort Smith Health and Social Services Board, briefing notes, and development of policy and legislation, including policies on workplace violence and medical travel, the Social Work Profession Act, and the Health Information Act.
Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Policy, Legislation and Communications divisionRecords include meeting minutes and supporting material from the Fort Smith Health and Social Services Board, the Hay River Community Health Board, and the Inuvik Regional Health and Social Services Board.
Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Policy, Legislation and Communications divisionRecords date 1996-2004 and consist of files related to the development of the Midwifery Act, changes to the Marriage Act and other regulations to include same sex couples, and changes to other pieces of legislation, including the Public Health Act, Nursing Profession Act, and Child and Family Services Act. Records include correspondence, legal opinions, drafts, and papers.
Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Policy, Legislation and Communications divisionRecords include publications, reports, communications strategies and conference materials related to the promotion of healthy living and departmental health initiatives.
Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Policy, Legislation and Communications divisionRecords include program publications and promotional material, as well as files from several committees, including the Childhood Fatality Review Committee, the Recruitment and Retention Committee and the Workplace Safety, Health and Wellbeing Committee. Also included are files regarding the establishment of the Social Agenda, as well as the Social Agenda Community Demonstration Projects.
Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Policy, Legislation and Communications divisionRecords include files from the Territorial Hospital Insurances Board, the Senior Management and Executive Committees of the Department of Health and Social Services, Ministerial and Deputy Minister chronos, program files related to the Brighter Futures program, Special Committee on Health and Social Services files, NWT Health Care Association, strategic planning records including the Minister's Forum on Health and Social Services Forum held in 1999 and the resulting report, "Our Communities, Our Decisions: Let's get on with it."
Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Policy, Legislation and Communications divisionRecords include files related to the addictions reform program, the decentralization of the Mackenzie Regional Health and Social Services, a departmental policy manual and files from management committees.
Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Policy, Legislation and Communications divisionRecords consist of legislative initiatives and a report.
Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Policy, Legislation and Communications divisionRecords consist of policies and procedures on board trustee honoraria, records relating to ambulance services, and physician contract negotiations.
Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Policy, Legislation and Communications divisionRecords consists of policy guidelines and correspondence regarding the privacy of health records.
Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Policy, Legislation and Communications division