In September 2024, Ethics Nova Scotia Health launched its new model for delivery of ethics support. This was done to:
This post looks at the structure for ethics support and the changes we have made, and the types of ethics support available to health care providers, staff members, volunteers, and patients and families.
The main change to our structure is the formation of three Core Function Groups:
These groups replace the previous Local Ethics Teams, Zone Ethics Committees, and the Ethics Leads group.
As of October 2024, Ethics Nova Scotia Health's updated structure and community includes about 55 members from all four zones. Each Core Function Group consists of health care providers and staff members from a wide range of programs and services, and community members. These Core Function Groups provide ethics support within Nova Scotia Health, with support from the Ethics Collaborations Team in the Department of Bioethics at Dalhousie University.
While the delivery of ethics support has changed, the types of ethics support available remain the same and include:
In part 2 of this post, we will take a closer look at ethics support available for policy developers and the process for requesting and obtaining stakeholder feedback on draft policies from Ethics Nova Scotia Health.
If you need ethics support, you can:
Ethics Program Manager, Ethics Nova Scotia Health
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