Vitalité Health Network takes a proactive approach to ensuring excellence in the delivery of mental health care and services

Campbellton, January 17, 2017 – In accordance with the mandate for excellence assigned to the Restigouche Hospital Centre (RHC), Vitalité Health Network is undertaking a review of the quality of services provided at the facility.

Dr. Simon Racine, an outside consultant, will support the Network in this process. Dr. Racine’s expertise in mental health is recognized nationwide, having served for instance as President and CEO of the Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec from 2008 to 2015.

“Vitalité Health Network is committed to fulfilling its mandate to ensure excellence in mental health in New Brunswick. We therefore called on Dr. Simon Racine, a recognized leader in the field, to provide an outline of our services and develop strategies that will allow us to ensure the quality of care provided at the RHC,” explained Vitalité Health Network President and CEO Gilles Lanteigne.

The staff and physicians of the Restigouche Hospital Centre will be involved throughout the process. The review, which will be ongoing until the Spring of 2017, is conducted in collaboration with the New Brunswick Department of Health.