FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 7, 2023 Statement by Michele Beaton on the state of long-term care on Prince Edward Island The long-term care crisis we are facing is the result of successive Liberal and Conservative governments choosing to ignore seniors and their...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31, 2023 It’s time to improve long-term care on Prince Edward Island Charlottetown, PE - Our office has heard from a number of loved ones of long-term care residents, as well as frontline workers in long-term care homes, about the neglect...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 8, 2022 Statement by Michele Beaton, Official Opposition Critic for Health and Wellness, on perfect storm of respiratory illnesses threatening our children and healthcare systems Just months ago we all watched the news closely as Fiona...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 18, 2022 Statement by Michele Beaton on healthcare announcement “Another example of how the King government is consistently late and always unprepared” For three years the Official Opposition Green caucus has been listening to unions and...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2022 Official Opposition requests emergency meeting of the Standing Committee on Health and Social Development to call on Premier King and Minister of Health and Wellness Ernie Hudson to provide update on PEI’s healthcare crisis...
Public inquiry needed into long-term care in PEI *originally published in The Guardian, June 28, 2022 It is without a doubt that across this country the people who have suffered most from COVID are seniors living in long-term care. Here on P.E.I., we have heard...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 19, 2022 Statement by Michele Beaton, Official Opposition Green Critic for Health and Wellness, on the absence of Premier King and Minister Hudson as PEI’s healthcare system teeters on the brink of a collapse A traffic accident last evening...
Wait times Michele Beaton, MLA Mermaid-Stratford Official Opposition Green Critic for Health and Wellness Since being elected, I have heard countless stories of long wait times in our healthcare system — from ER waits to waiting for needed surgeries. It is...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 12, 2022 Official Opposition Green Caucus support Island Families calling for public inquiry into long-term care on Prince Edward Island View video of the press conference calling on government to launch a public inquiry into long-term...
It’s time to inject respect into PEI’s healthcare Michele Beaton, MLA Mermaid-Stratford Official Opposition Green Critic for Health and Wellness The relationship between the King government—led by Minister of Health and Wellness Ernie Hudson and his department—and...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 24, 2022 It’s time to allow Nurse Practitioners to practice their full scope and work in ERs The Kings County Memorial Hospital and its Emergency Room (ER) are incredibly important to the community of Three Rivers and surrounding area....
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 17, 2022 Statement by Michele Beaton on COVID-19 isolation requirements Yesterday, the Province announced its isolation requirement for COVID-19 is ending on June 30th, and it will be reviewed next week. I am extremely concerned by this...
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