The province’s Auditor-General found Vitalité Health Network approved questionable invoices and was charged exorbitant prices
New Brunswick ’s Vitalité Health Network was warned by a deputy minister not to sign long-term deals with a private nursing agency but went ahead, a legislative
The committee was also told that in 2022, Vitalité's trustee, who was appointed by Premier Blaine Higgs, had put the province’s other health authority, Horizon, in contact with CHL. However, Horizon didn’t sign with the company. In his testimony, Mr. Beaulieu reiterated that the Health Department was only informed of the first of three contracts that Vitalité signed with CHL.
In the end, Vitalité signed three contracts with CHL for a maximum value of $158-million. The third deal runs until 2026, with a value capped at $93-million. It charges Vitalité more than $300 an hour for a nurse, six times what nurses earn in the public system. Horizon’s trustee, Suzanne Johnston, was often in conversations with Mr. Richard. “I believe that the trustee with Vitalité had told our trustee that they had engaged with CHL and they thought it may have been a good idea for Horizon to speak to them as well,” Ms. Melanson said. “So that was where I was first given any contact with CHL because I honestly wasn’t aware of their existence.
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