Prioritizing accessible, quality care to ensure the well-being of every resident, now and in the future.
Last updated: December 19, 2025
Accessible, quality health care is essential to the well-being of every New Brunswicker. Measurable outcomes focused on enhancing services, reducing wait times and ensuring that care is available closer to home will keep us on track to make health care more accessible, sustainable and effective for everyone.
2024 state → 79%
2025 target → 79%
2026 target → 81%
2027 target → 83%
2028 goal → 85%
Data sourced from the New Brunswick Health Council survey
2024 state → 31.4%
2025 target → 31.4%
2026 target → 33.4%
2027 target → 35.4%
2028 goal → 37.4%
Data sourced from the New Brunswick Health Council survey
2024 state → 1,088
2025 target → 1,088
2026 target → 1,088
2027 target → 1,088
2028 goal → 1,088
Data sourced from the Social Development nursing home waitlist
Expand to view the 2017 to 2023 historical data for each target.
2023 → 79.3%
2022 → 85.4%
2020 → 89.9%
2017 → 92.8%
Data sourced from the New Brunswick Health Council survey
2023 → 31.5%
2022 → 34.1%
2020 → 50.8%
2017 → 57.1%
Data sourced from the New Brunswick Health Council survey
2023 → 734
2022 → 723
2021 → 690
2020 → 715
Data sourced from the Social Development nursing home waitlist
Establish and support 30 community care clinics that offer local, collaborative care from a variety of health professionals in one place when you need it.
11 clinics in the first year - established in regions around the province beginning in Fredericton followed by clinics in Moncton, Saint John, Edmundston, Campbellton, Carleton North, the Acadian Peninsula, St. Stephen, Sussex, Sackville, Miramichi and Bathurst.
Invest in modern technology, including centralized waitlists and standardized digital records management systems, to facilitate the seamless and secure exchange of patient information among health-care providers, regions, the regional health authorities, and community care clinics.
Emergency department length-of-stay information now available on MyHealthNB
Investigation into cases of neurological illness.
Data analysis underway in investigation of undiagnosed neurological illness.
Deliver retention payments to show our respect for nurses and examine other tools that aid retention and recruitment.
On December 3, 2024 government committed to delivering $10,000 retention payments to permanent full-time and part-time nurses as a first step to address the ongoing nursing staffing shortage.
Improve the compensation model for doctors and primary care providers, including fair pay for those who perform after-hours care.
New agreement to improve access to primary care, help recruitment.
Work with Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick and Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick to create more training and residency seats.
On October 3, 2025, several measures were announced, enhancing the government’s support of New Brunswick’s French-language medical program.
Implement innovative approaches to recruit health-care professionals, including nurses and doctors.
Government supports hybrid operating room at Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital.
The government is providing financial support to help the University of New Brunswick (UNB) create an extended reality education model for nursing students.
New Brunswick secures allied health training seats at Dalhousie University.
Recruitment of health-care professionals on track for successful year: minister.
Review and expand health-care professionals’ scope of practice to optimize their roles.
New Brunswickers have more options for health-care treatment now that pharmacists are publicly funded to address three more common ailments.
Expand the Nursing Homes Without Walls model and ensure that those who want to stay at home can do so for as long as possible.
On June 13, 2025, government announced the expansion of the Nursing Homes Without Walls program. Learn more about the program as well as the list of sites (PDF 220 KB).
Provide the RSV vaccine for free for seniors and vulnerable people.
On October 2, 2025, government announced the eligibility for free RSV vaccine expanded to those 75 and older.
On April 30th, government announced funding provide to reimbursement for one round of in vitro fertilization treatment or intrauterine insemination per household, helping ease the financial burden on families struggling with infertility.
On November 7, 2024 government approved changes to Regulation 84-20 that will allow Medicare to cover the cost of surgical abortions performed outside of hospitals.
Invite First Nations leaders to create a bilateral forum and ongoing process with the goal of achieving culturally safe and equitable health care for Indigenous people in New Brunswick.
A first-of-its-kind health forum took place with First Nations leaders and provincial government representatives on September 18, 2025.
Increase residency seats for psychiatrists and clinical psychologists, and develop a retention and training plan for psychologists, counsellors, and other mental health professionals, specifically within schools.
Implementation of psychiatry resource strategy now underway.
Expand mental health court access to ensure the promotion of alternative pathways for justice.
On June 23, 2025, government announced the addictions and mental health court program to begin in 2026.
Invest in treatment beds throughout the province, ensure there is a bed for anyone who wants it when they want it, and ensure that there is an optional continuum of care for those exiting treatment.
