Health authority | |
Founded | April 2015 |
Headquarters | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Area served
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Nova Scotia |
Key people
|
Janet Knox, CEO |
Number of employees
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23,400 (2015) |
Website | nshealth |
The Nova Scotia Health Authority is a provincial health authority serving Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the largest employer in the province, with more than 23,000 employees, 2,500 physicians and 7,000 volunteers working from 45 different facilities. Its largest hospital is the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax.
The Nova Scotia Health Authority was formed on April 1, 2015 as an amalgamation of nine existing regional authorities: