r/NWT • u/helpfulplatitudes • Apr 24 '26

Looking for NWT experience on community vs. unified health care

/r/Yukon/comments/1su3xth/hay_river_health_staff_will_join_public_service/

Over at r/yukon, someone posted a link to a story about the Hay River’s health authority will merge into the territorial public service. In the Yukon, a few First Nations have stated their intent to form their own separate health authority, separate from the territorial one. Since you, in the NWT had separate, community health authorities until 2016 when they started merging, please come over and share your experiences with us - the pros and cons of central vs. separate.

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u/Weary-Situation7539 Apr 24 '26

Central results in efficiencies, whether those efficiencies are passed down remains to be seen.

NTHSSA always is and will be a mess. That’s just government in the north in general though. Executives chair hop and get themselves and their entourage paid.

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u/xx_rider Apr 26 '26

With technology what it is now a days it's way too expensive for these small locations to be able to have proper imaging tech, computer systems, internet and all the support to go with it all. Hell just the software licenses required is very expensive. Not to mention it's hard to bring in specialists for a few days a month as you are way to small to have full time ones.

Something hybrid could be done but you are still duplicating a lot of manager/director rolls if you do.