This Mental Illness Awareness Week, Islanders experiencing mental health challenges are encouraged to seek help through various services and supports available across Prince Edward Island. Mental Illness Awareness Week, October 3 to 9, is an annual national public education...
Site work has been tendered for the new West Prince Community Health Centre – a project that will combine primary care with space for a range of community-based health services. The Department of Health and Wellness will issue a tender October 5 for ground-breaking and site...
Provides helpful advice for insulin pump users who are planning a trip, including a packing checklist.
Promoting Wellness Preserving Health, A Provincial Action Plan for seniors and caregivers living on Prince Edward Island.
Spring 2021 Progress Report
Islanders living with a chronic disease will continue to benefit from free lifestyle intervention programs. Over the last year, CHANGE and Exercise for Health, have been helping hundreds of Islanders living with or at risk of chronic disease through personalized exercise and...
Ground ambulance coverage and ambulance response times, 2020-2021.
If you have been diagnosed with chronic renal failure, or are receiving kidney dialysis, you may be eligible for coverage of anemia treatment medications, which will eliminate the need for frequent blood transfusions. Am I eligible? You are eligible for the program if you: are a...
A listing of approved vendors of devices and supplies that are eligible for support under the Insulin Pump Program.
The province’s smoking cessation program has assisted over 1,700 Islanders in quitting smoking or using tobacco products over the last year. The PEI Smoking Cessation Program offers Islanders who are ready to quit using tobacco with a minimum of 12 weeks of nicotine replacement...
The Ostomy Supplies Program assists with the costs associated with a permanent ostomy. Am I eligible? You may be eligible for the program if you: are a PEI resident as defined by the Drug Cost Assistance Act; have a valid PEI Health Card; have filed your most recent income tax...