The Capital District Health Authority (shortened to Capital Health or the Capital Health District) is the largest of the nine health administrative districts in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

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Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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Service

Capital Health is responsible for delivering core health services in the Halifax Regional Municipality and in the Municipality of the District of West Hants

West Hants, Nova Scotia

West Hants is a municipal district in Hants County, Nova Scotia.It occupies the western half of Hants County, running from the Minas Basin to the boundary with Halifax County, sharing this boundary with the East Hants municipal district....

, consisting of 395,000 residents or 40% of the provincial population. It also delivers tertiary and quaternary acute care services to residents throughout Atlantic Canada

Atlantic Canada

Atlantic Canada is the region of Canada comprising the four provinces located on the Atlantic coast, excluding Quebec: the three Maritime provinces – New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia – and Newfoundland and Labrador...

 as a result of being the location of the region's largest teaching hospital

Teaching hospital

A teaching hospital is a hospital that provides clinical education and training to future and current doctors, nurses, and other health professionals, in addition to delivering medical care to patients...

s that make Capital Health a major referral option for the provinces of New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

, Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

 and Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

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Facilities

• Cobequid Community Health Centre (Lower Sackville
  Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia
  Lower Sackville is a suburban community located in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is part of the urban area of Halifax ....
  
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• Dartmouth General Hospital
  Dartmouth General Hospital
  The Dartmouth General Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.It is a 24-hour emergency, inpatient medical, surgical and critical care facility that has been operating since 1976. It serves approximately 120,000 people in Dartmouth and eastern Halifax Regional...
  
   (Dartmouth
  Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  Dartmouth founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. Located on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour, Dartmouth has been nicknamed the City of Lakes after the large number of lakes located in the city.On April 1, 1996, the provincial...
  
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• East Coast Forensic Hospital (Dartmouth
  Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  Dartmouth founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. Located on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour, Dartmouth has been nicknamed the City of Lakes after the large number of lakes located in the city.On April 1, 1996, the provincial...
  
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• Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital
  Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital
  Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital is a hospital in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia. It is operated by Capital District Health Authority. - Services :* Palliative and Respite Care* Acute Care* Outpatient/Emergency* Ambulatory Care* Diagnostic Imaging...
  
   (Sheet Harbour
  Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia
  Sheet Harbour is a small community on the eastern shore of the Halifax Regional Municipality, in Nova Scotia, Canada in the Musquodoboit/Sheet Harbour region of the Marine Drive on Trunk 7, 87.44 kilometers from Halifax.-History:...
  
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• Hants Community Hospital (Windsor
  Windsor, Nova Scotia
  Windsor is a town located in Hants County, Mainland Nova Scotia at the junction of the Avon and St. Croix Rivers. It is the largest community in western Hants County with a 2001 population of 3,779 and was at one time the shire town of the county. The region encompassing present day Windsor was...
  
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• Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital (Middle Musquodoboit
  Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia
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• Nova Scotia Environmental Health Centre (Fall River
  Fall River, Nova Scotia
  Fall River is a Canadian suburban community in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.It is located north of the Bedford Basin, northwest of Bedford, east of Lower Sackville and north and west of Waverley....
  
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• Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre
  Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre
  Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is a large teaching hospital affiliated with Dalhousie University. Administratively it is part of the Capital District Health Authority.-History:...
  
   (Halifax
  City of Halifax
  Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996...
  
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  • Halifax Infirmary Site
    • Abbie J. Lane
    • Camp Hill Veterans' Memorial
    • Halifax Infirmary
  • Victoria General Site
    • Bethune
    • Centennial
    • Centre for Clinical Research
    • Dickson
    • Mackenzie
    • Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre
    • Victoria
• Nova Scotia Hospital
  Nova Scotia Hospital
  The Nova Scotia Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. It is the province's largest mental health facility.Co-founded by the Hon...
  
   (Dartmouth
  Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  Dartmouth founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. Located on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour, Dartmouth has been nicknamed the City of Lakes after the large number of lakes located in the city.On April 1, 1996, the provincial...
  
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• Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital (Musquodoboit Harbour
  Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia
  Musquodoboit Harbour is a Canadian rural community in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.The community is situated on the Eastern Shore at the mouth of the Musquodoboit River. the community lies 45 kilometres east of downtown Halifax...
  
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Administration

The President and Chief Executive Officer of the Capital District Health Authority is Chris Power, a nurse with broad experience in primary health care and in health care administration.

Capital Health has seven volunteer Community Health Boards that advise the district administrators and encourage public participation in health planning.

Capital Health employs approximately 9,985 staff. and is affiliated with the Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine

Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine

The Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, otherwise known as Dalhousie Medical School, is a faculty at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada...

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Capital Health operates a charitable foundation which is chaired by Constance Glube

Constance Glube

Constance R. Glube, was the 21st Chief Justice of Nova Scotia and first female Chief Justice in Canada.Glube attended McGill University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1952. In 1955, she graduated from Dalhousie Law School. In 1982, she was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme...

, the 21st Chief Justice of Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal for Nova Scotia is the highest appeal court in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. There are currently seven Justices and one Chief Justice. The court sits in Halifax, which is the capital of Nova Scotia...

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The District was an important participant in the 2004 Baker and Norton paper, printed in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Health System error. http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/170/11/1678