Vitalité Health Network reaches out to elected officials of Shediac and Cap-Acadie to optimize services in region

Vitalité Health Network, Friday, January 27, 2023 – As part of a series of community meetings, Vitalité Health Network representatives were in Shediac earlier this week to talk to the elected officials of Shediac and Cap-Acadie and the MLA for the constituency of Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé about the region’s health care needs.

“Engaging stakeholders and working closely with communities are priorities for the Network,” explained Dr. France Desrosiers, President and CEO of the Network. “Different communities face different realities and have different health needs. We must work with communities to find solutions and implement initiatives that will meet their needs in the best way possible. Improving health care and access to care in the Shediac and Cap-Acadie region must be based on collaboration and joining forces.”

In the photo, seated, in front, from left to right: Jacques LeBlanc, MLA for the constituency of Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé, Roger Caissie, Mayor of Shediac, Dr. France Desrosiers, President and CEO of the Network, Serge Léger, Mayor of Cap-Acadie, Gérald Richard, Trustee of the Network, and Brigitte Sonier Ferguson, Senior Vice-President of Performance, University Mission and Strategy. The photo also shows all the participants of the meeting. 

During the meeting, Brigitte Sonier Ferguson, the Network’s Senior Vice-President of Performance, University Mission and Strategy, presented the results of the Community Health Needs Assessment conducted in the region in 2020–2021. Also discussed was the learning community approach, which allows communities to engage in a formal movement to improve the health of their population.

At the meeting, the mayors of Shediac, Roger Caissie, and Cap-Acadie, Serge Léger, along with their council members and the MLA for the constituency, Jacques LeBlanc, unanimously expressed their desire to contribute in their own way to improving the health system. They also set out the most pressing health care access needs in the region and the challenges involved in delivering services at the Shediac Medical Clinic.

The Network’s representatives presented a health care model that could optimize the delivery of care based on collaboration of multidisciplinary teams and integration of services.

The Network’s representatives at the meeting included Dr. Desrosiers, Gérald Richard, Trustee, Patrick Parent, Assistant CEO, Strategic Execution, and Senior VP, Client Programs and Professional Services, Brigitte Sonier Ferguson, Ghislaine Arsenault, Vice-President of Communications and Engagement, and Charline Morrison, Corporate Director of Engagement.