The Northern Health Region has released their 5 year strategic plan.

VP of Planning and Innovation for the NHRA, Joy Tetlock, says one of their strategic directions is to deliver accessible, quality health services: "It's really around improving access and trying to bring services closer to home, so were not having to leave the region in order to access services. We're looking at doing that in quite a few different ways, whether we're bringing specialists into the region to provide service, whether we're looking at developing a new program or services that we can have within the region". 

The other strategic directions are to improve population health, to be a sustainable and innovative organization, and to be an employer of choice.

The NHR also identifies several capital projects in the strategic plan, that they hope to tackle in the coming years. This includes upgrades to the Thompson General Hospital Diagnostics.

According to their new 5 year strategic plan, the NRHA has the oldest acute care facilities in the province.