Hansard Speaker Index - 1st Session of the 25th Legislature

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Nilson, Hon. John (NDP, Regina Lakeview; Minister of Health; Minister Responsible for Seniors)
- Ambulance Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 59)
  - First reading, 1254
  - Second reading, 1297–1298
- Ambulance service
  - Ambulance professionals, Yorkton, strike
    - Wage parity, 2367–2368, 2684–2685
  - Legislation, changes, accountability, transparency, 1289–1290
- Autism
  - Children
    - Treatment, services, 1584
- Budget (March 31, 2004)
  - Debate
    - Speakers, 362–365
- Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
  - Cathy Lynn Borbely, Regina, first woman president, member's statement, 1667
- Cancer
  - Cervical cancer screening program
    - Information, privacy, 2718–2719
  - Ombudsman/health care commissioner, 1669–1670
  - Radiation therapy, waiting times, 180–181
  - Treatment
    - Out-of-province, 530
    - Waiting times, John Barnsley case, 529, 556–557
- Commission on First Nations and Métis Peoples and Justice Reform
  - Response to recommendations, action plan, 3034
- Condolences
  - MacMurchy, Gordon Samuel (former MLA), moved (Calvert), 2743–2744
- Curling
  - World Junior Curling Championships (2005), Kyle George rink, Regina, gold medal winners, men, member's statement, 2003–2004
- Drug and alcohol abuse
  - Addicted youth
    - Treatment enforcement, legislation, 2654–2656
  - Addiction services, 1810
  - Crystal methamphetamine
    - Prevalence, dangers, 1382
    - Prevalence, dangers, government actions, 1808–1809
    - Treatment, beds, programs, 2611–2613
    - Treatment, funding, 2394, 2600–2601
  - Treatment beds, young people, 2731
  - Treatment strategy, funding, 2394–2395
- Elections
  - Provincial
    - New Democratic Party
      - Senior citizens, support,, 470
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
  - Assessment, support, diagnostic centre, schedule, 1335–1336, 1395–1396
- Film industry
  - Canada-Saskatchewan Sound Stage, Regina, production season bookings, Corner Gas television series, member's statement, 527
- Gambling
  - Problem gambling, management programs, 2276–2277
- Health care
  - Bursaries
    - New and continuing return-service, ministerial statement, 2398
    - New and continuing, ministerial statement, 726
  - Changes
    - Cuts, closures
      - Facility integration, 1238–1240
      - Facility integration, public consultation, Herbert, 1252
      - Operational planning guidelines, 812–813
  - Complaints, specific cases, 2033
  - Computerized tomography scanners, new, located in Swift Current, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, ministerial statement, 658
  - Costs, trend, 2238
  - Fees, 470
  - Funding
    - Allocation, judicious, 470, 590
  - Issues, public and private divulgence, resolution, 557
  - Ombudsman, assistance, families, medical issues, 16
  - Patients, diagnosis and treatment, complaints, responses, 898–899
  - Records, management, 620
  - Records, management, errors, 655
  - Referrals
    - Out-of-province, Kathryn Wipf case, funding, 1420–1421
    - Out-of-province, Kathryn Wipf case, process, 1394–1395, 1405–1407
    - Out-of-province, process, 1470–1471, 1671
  - Saskatchewan health cards
    - Application, new immigrant, 2520–2521
    - Printing, contract, 2308
  - Services
    - Climax, Davidson, Herbert, 1585
    - Re-evaluation, reform, 324–325
  - Treatment, out-of-province, 559
- Health care facilities
  - Border Health Centre, Climax
    - Changes, 1190–1191, 1585–1586
    - Changes, emergency services, 1407–1408, 1552–1553
  - Closures, conversions, 1093–1095
  - Closures, conversions, change management, funding, 833–836, 1071–1072, 1550–1551
  - Craik and District Health Centre, closure, downsizing, 929
  - Foam Lake
    - Services, changes, 864–865
  - Ile-a-la-Crosse, joint-use facility, health centre and high school, planning phase, ministerial statement, 534
- Health care professionals
  - Downsizing, concerns, 1187–1188
  - Shortage, critical, solutions, 182, 1672
- Health care workers
  - Memorandum of agreement, unions, Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations, signed prior to general election, 2332–2336, 2365–2367, 2397–2398, 2406–2407
- Health Department
  - Estimates, main (2005-2006), 2495–2503, 2703–2711, 2807–2817, 2930–2939, 3084–3094, 3229–3238
  - Estimates, main (2004-2005), 1010–1018, 1216–1230, 1351–1359, 1434–1443
  - Staff member, comments to client, magnetic resonance imaging reimbursement, 2033
  - Staff member, comments to client, magnetic resonance imaging reimbursement, personnel investigation, 2732–2733, 2750–2751
- Heartland Regional Health Authority
  - Health service priorities, funding, challenges, 1334–1335
- Hospital waiting lists
  - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
    - Policy, out-of-province referrals, reimbursement, 530–531
    - Waiting times, 242–244, 1670, 2032–2033
  - Management, 620, 2368–2369
  - Referral system, out-of-province, 1135
  - Referrals, in-province, out-of-province, 1279
  - Saskatchewan Surgical Care Network, waiting times, assistance, 529–530
  - Surgery, 46–47, 815–817
    - Corrective measures, 148, 211–212, 2113–2115
    - Elective, cancellation, Saskatoon Health District, 46
    - Gastric bypass, Jim Williamson case, 1907–1908
    - Orthopedic, Wade Roberts case, 1952
    - Prostate cancer
      - Waiting times, 1669–1670, 2114
      - Waiting times, Saskatoon and Regina, 1250–1251
      - Waiting times, Surgical Care Network, 1134
    - Waiting times, 3070
- Hospitals
  - Beds, shortage, 619–620
  - Children's, Saskatoon, 3072
  - Closures
    - Conversions, community hospitals, public hearings, 863–864
  - Code burgundy, management system, patient ebb and flow, frequency of use, 111–113
  - Community, services, maintain, 864
  - Cypress regional hospital, new, Swift Current, government approval of functional program, ministerial statement, 501
  - Emergency services, 1671–1672
  - Herbert-Morse Union Hospital
    - Herbert long-term care facilities, integration, 1188–1190, 1551
  - Intensive care units, nursing resources, 3136–3138
  - Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon
    - Emergency services, Dr. Jon Witt, investigation, reinstatement, 341, 558
    - Emergency services, investigation, reports, public dissemination, 341, 1471–1472
    - Emergency services, patient waiting times, 48, 78, 149–150
  - St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Humboldt, new
    - Funding request, 2149–2151
  - St. Paul's Hospital, Saskatoon
    - Specialized equipment beds, availability, 1502–1503
  - St. Peter's Hospital, Melville, services, 403–404
  - Swift Current, new
    - Approval of functional program, ministerial statement, 2626–2627
- Human Services Committee
  - Medical Profession Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 83)
    - Waive Committee of the Whole Assembly, 1989
  - Osteopathic Practice Repeal Act (No. 116)
    - Waive Committee of the Whole Assembly, 3128
  - Psychologists Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 34)
    - Waive Committee of the Whole Assembly, 1495
  - Public Health Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 56)
    - Waive Committee of the Whole Assembly, 1680
  - Regional Health Services Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 55)
    - Waive Committee of the Whole Assembly, 1680
  - Tobacco Control Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 54)
    - Waive Committee of the Whole Assembly, 1681
  - Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 2) (No. 84)
    - Waive Committee of the Whole Assembly, 1989
  - Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 49)
    - Waive Committee of the Whole Assembly, 1495
- Long-term care
  - Beds, closures
    - Davidson, 1241, 1290–1291, 1333–1334, 1552
    - Davidson, public meeting, 1424
    - Weyburn, Tatagwa View facility, 1240–1241
  - Comments of member, 589–590
  - Re-evaluation, changes, available resources, 325, 656–658
- Macular degeneration
  - Treatment, coverage by Saskatchewan Health, 2405–2406, 2418–2419
- Medical Profession Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 83)
  - First reading, 1798
  - Second reading, 1844–1845
  - Referred to Human Services Committee, moved (Nilson), 1845
  - Third reading, 1989
- Midwives
  - Legislation, proclamation, 927–928, 2881
- Ministerial statements
  - Health care
    - Bursaries, new and continuing, 726
    - Bursaries, new and continuing return-service, 2398
    - Computerized tomography scanners, new, located in Swift Current, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, 658
  - Health care facilities
    - Ile-a-la-Crosse, joint-use facility, health centre and high school, planning phase, 534
  - Hospitals
    - Cypress regional hospital, new, Swift Current, government approval of functional program, 501
    - Swift Current, new, approval of functional program, 2626–2627
  - Nurses
    - Nurse practitioners, licensing, regulations supporting Registered Nurses Amendment Act, 2001, 838
- Norway
  - Constitution Day (May 17, 2004), member's statement, 1132
  - Constitution Day (May 17, 2005), member's statement, 3116
- Nurses
  - Bursary program, continuation, 80
  - Contract negotiations
    - Staffing levels, 2868
  - Cypress Hills regional hospital, practice issues, 2895–2896
  - Graduates, new, employment, 80–81, 2212
  - Job losses/changes, effect, 1237–1238
  - Nurse practitioners, licensing, regulations supporting Registered Nurses Amendment Act, 2001, ministerial statement, 838
  - Salaries, retention, 2238–2239
  - Shortage, 814–815
  - Shortage, retention, overtime issues, 2045–2046, 2519
  - Vacant positions, 3034–3035, 3070–3071
- Oral question period
  - Ambulance service
    - Ambulance professionals, Yorkton, strike, wage parity, 2367–2368, 2684–2685
    - Legislation, changes, accountability, transparency, 1289–1290
  - Autism
    - Children, treatment, services, 1584
  - Cancer
    - Cervical cancer screening program
      - Information, privacy, 2718–2719
    - Ombudsman/health care commissioner, 1669–1670
    - Radiation therapy, waiting times, 180–181
    - Treatment
      - Out-of-province, 530
    - Treatment waiting times
      - John Barnsley case, 529, 556–557
  - Commission on First Nations and Métis Peoples and Justice Reform
    - Response to recommendations, action plan, 3034
  - Drug and alcohol abuse
    - Addicted youth
      - Treatment enforcement, legislation, 2654–2656
    - Addiction services, 1810
    - Crystal methamphetamine
      - Prevalence, dangers, 1382
      - Prevalence, dangers, government actions, 1808–1809
      - Treatment, beds, programs, 2611–2613
      - Treatment, funding, 2394, 2600–2601
    - Treatment beds, young people, 2731
    - Treatment strategy, funding, 2394–2395
  - Elections
    - Provincial, New Democratic Party
      - Senior citizens, support, 470
  - Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
    - Assessment, support, diagnostic centre, schedule, 1335–1336, 1395–1396
  - Gambling
    - Problem gambling, management programs, 2276–2277
  - Health care
    - Changes
      - Cuts, closures
        
        Facility integration, 1238–1240
        
        Facility integration, public consultation, Herbert, 1252
        
        Operational planning guidelines, 812–813
    - Complaints, specific cases, 2033
    - Costs, trend, 2238
    - Fees, 470
    - Funding
      - Allocation, judicious, 470, 590
    - Issues, public and private divulgence, resolution, 557
    - Ombudsman, assistance, families, medical issues, 16
    - Patients, diagnosis and treatment, complaints, responses, 898–899
    - Records, management, 620
    - Records, management, errors, 655
    - Referrals, out-of-province, Kathryn Wipf case, funding, 1420–1421
    - Referrals, out-of-province, Kathryn Wipf case, process, 1394–1395, 1405–1407
    - Referrals, out-of-province, process, 1470–1471, 1671
    - Saskatchewan health cards
      - Application, new immigrant, 2520–2521
      - Printing, contract, 2308
    - Services, Climax, Davidson, Herbert, 1585
    - Services, re-evaluation, reform, 324–325
    - Treatment, out-of-province, 559
  - Health care facilities
    - Border Health Centre, Climax
      - Changes, 1190–1191, 1585–1586
      - Changes, emergency services, 1407–1408, 1552–1553
    - Closures, conversions, 1093–1095
    - Closures, conversions, change management, funding, 833–836, 1071–1072, 1550–1551
    - Craik and District Health Centre, closure, downsizing, 929
    - Foam Lake, services, changes, 864–865
  - Health care professionals
    - Downsizing, concerns, 1187–1188
    - Shortage, critical, solutions, 182, 1672
  - Health care workers
    - Memorandum of agreement, unions, Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations, signed prior to general election, 2332–2336, 2365–2367, 2397–2398, 2406–2407
  - Health Dept.
    - Staff member, comments to client, magnetic resonance imaging reimbursement, 2033
    - Staff member, comments to client, magnetic resonance imaging reimbursement, personnel investigation, 2732–2733, 2750–2751
  - Heartland Regional Health Authority
    - Health service priorities, funding, challenges, 1334–1335
  - Hospital waiting lists
    - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
      - Policy, out-of-province referrals, reimbursement, 530–531
      - Waiting times, 242–244, 1670, 2032–2033
    - Management, 620, 2368–2369
    - Referral system, out-of-province, 1135
    - Referrals, in-province, out-of-province, 1279
    - Saskatchewan Surgical Care Network, waiting times, assistance, 529–530
    - Surgery, 46–47, 815–817
      - Corrective measures, 148, 211–212, 2113–2115
      - Elective, cancellation, Saskatoon Health District, 46
      - Gastric bypass, Jim Williamson case, 1907–1908
      - Orthopedic, Wade Roberts case, 1952
      - Prostate cancer, waiting times, 1669–1670, 2114
      - Prostate cancer, waiting times, Saskatoon and Regina, 1250–1251
      - Prostate cancer, waiting times, Surgical Care Network, 1134
      - Waiting times, 3070
  - Hospitals
    - Beds, shortage, 619–620
    - Children's, Saskatoon, 3072
    - Closures
      - Conversions, community hospitals, public hearings, 863–864
    - Code burgundy, management system, patient ebb and flow, frequency of use, 111–113
    - Community, services, maintain, 864
    - Emergency services, 1671–1672
    - Herbert-Morse Union Hospital
      - Herbert long-term care facilities, integration, 1188–1190, 1551
    - Intensive care units, nursing resources, 3136–3138
    - Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon
      - Emergency services, Dr. Jon Witt, investigation, reinstatement, 341, 558
      - Emergency services, investigation, reports, public dissemination, 341, 1471–1472
      - Emergency services, patient waiting times, 48, 78, 149–150
    - St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Humboldt, new, funding request, 2149–2151
    - St. Paul's Hospital, Saskatoon, specialized equipment beds, availability, 1502–1503
    - St. Peter's Hospital, Melville, services, 403–404
  - Long-term care
    - Beds, closures
      - Davidson, 1241, 1290–1291, 1333–1334, 1552
      - Davidson, public meeting, 1424
      - Weyburn, Tatagwa View facility, 1240–1241
    - Comments of member, 589–590
    - Re-evaluation, changes, available resources, 325, 656–658
  - Macular degeneration
    - Treatment, coverage by Saskatchewan Health, 2405–2406, 2418–2419
  - Midwives
    - Legislation, proclamation, 927–928, 2881
  - Nurses
    - Bursary program, continuation, 80
    - Contract negotiations, staffing levels, 2868
    - Cypress Hills regional hospital, practice issues, 2895–2896
    - Graduates, new, employment, 80–81, 2212
    - Job losses/changes, effect, 1237–1238
    - Salaries, retention, 2238–2239
    - Shortage, 814–815
    - Shortage, retention, overtime issues, 2045–2046, 2519
    - Vacant positions, 3034–3035, 3070–3071
  - Physicians/Doctors
    - Orthopedic surgeons, Yorkton, 1953
    - Psychiatrist, Weyburn, clinical credentials removed, patient notification, 3134–3136
    - Urologists, recruitment, Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region, 558, 1278–1279
    - Witt, Jon, director of emergency medicine, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon
      - Dismissal, 17–19, 47–48
      - Independent investigation, 79
  - Saskatchewan Health Information Network
    - Patient records, electronic, development, functionality, 655–656
  - Saskatchewan Liquor Board
    - Stores, proposed, Estevan, Kindersley, Swift Current vs. funding health care, 1687–1688
  - Saskatoon Health Region
    - Chief executive officer, former, advisory role contract, 2621–2622, 2720–2721
    - Chief executive officer, severance package, 1408–1409, 1423–1424
  - Tobacco
    - Smoking, legislation, First Nations reserves, enforcement, 2420–2422
  - Tobacco Control Amendment Act, 2004
    - Litigation, hotel owners, 2477–2478, 2510–2511
  - Vital statistics
    - Fees, certificates, 472
- Osteopathic Practice Repeal Act (No. 116)
  - First reading, 2723
  - Second reading, 2835
  - Third reading, 3128
- Physicians/Doctors
  - Mahood, Sally, Saskatchewan Family Physician of the Year (2004), College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, recognition (2004), member's statement, 1776
  - Orthopedic surgeons, Yorkton, 1953
  - Psychiatrist, Weyburn, clinical credentials removed, patient notification, 3134–3136
  - Urologists, recruitment, Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region, 558, 1278–1279
  - Witt, Jon, director of emergency medicine, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon
    - Dismissal, 17–19, 47–48
    - Independent investigation, 79
- Points of order
  - Hospital waiting lists, surgery, Jim Williamson case, departmental responses, 1926
- Psychologists Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 34)
  - First reading, 624
  - Second reading, 664
  - Third reading, 1495
- Public Health Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 56)
  - First reading, 1138
  - Second reading, 1296
  - Referred to Human Services Committee, moved (Nilson), 1480
  - Third reading, 1680
- Regional Health Services Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 55)
  - First reading, 1111
  - Second reading, 1295
  - Referred to Human Services Committee, moved (Nilson), 1569
  - Third reading, 1680
- Saskatchewan Health Information Network
  - Patient records, electronic, development, functionality, 655–656
- Saskatchewan Liquor Board
  - Stores, proposed, Estevan, Kindersley, Swift Current vs. funding health care, 1687–1688
- Saskatoon Health Region
  - Chief executive officer, former, advisory role contract, 2621–2622, 2720–2721
  - Chief executive officer, severance package, 1408–1409, 1423–1424
- Tobacco
  - Smoking
    - Legislation, First Nations reserves, enforcement, 2420–2422
- Tobacco Control Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 54)
  - First reading, 1077–1078
  - Second reading, 1194–1195
  - Referred to Human Services Committee, moved (Nilson), 1569
  - Third reading, 1681
  - Litigation, hotel owners, 2477–2478, 2510–2511
- Vital statistics
  - Fees, certificates, 472
- Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 2) (No. 84)
  - First reading, 1798
  - Second reading, 1845–1846
  - Referred to Human Services Committee, moved (Nilson), 1847
  - Third reading, 1989–1990
- Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 49)
  - First reading, 1076
  - Second reading, 1196
  - Referred to Human Services Committee, moved (Nilson), 1349
  - Third reading, 1496