Residents of Queens will have the chance to bring their healthcare concerns to those directly responsible when the provincial department of Health and Wellness listening tour stops at the Best Western in Liverpool this month.

Health and Wellness Minister Michelle Thompson, Deputy Minister Jeannine Lagassé and Nova Scotia Health interim CEO Karen Oldfield are holding conversations in communities across Nova Scotia about the work underway to improve the healthcare system.

In a release announcing the events the department of health and wellness says participants will be able to ask questions and hear directly from those responsible for making change happen.

The health department issued a release Tuesday announcing the Emergency Department at Queens General Hospital will be closed for most of the week leading up to the event.

The ED will close Tuesday and Wednesday nights, Feb. 7-8. It will close again for the weekend beginning Friday at 1:30 p.m., reopening Sunday morning at 8 a.m. then closing again at 1:30 p.m. Sunday until 8am Monday morning.

The department will close again Tuesday afternoon until the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 15.

Anyone wishing to attend the community engagement session will need to register in advance.

Those who can’t be there in person can forward questions that will be discussed at the event by submitting them through the online registration link.

The listening tour will be held at the Best Western in Liverpool on Friday, Feb. 17 from 1-3 p.m.

To register for the Community Health Conversations event follow this link.

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