Last year, lawmakers gave the state Department of Health and Human Services until March 1, 2023, to close the Sununu Youth Services Center and relocate the five to 10 juveniles typically detained there. Last week, they killed the bill that would have given the department the money, guidance, and authority to meet that deadline. READ MORE
After years of coming close, the state is poised to give its approximately 85,000 residents on Medicaid coverage not just for tooth extractions and emergency dental care but also for the diagnostic and preventive care needed to fend off those serious problems. READ MORE
STORY PRODUCED BY NEW HAMPSHIRE BULLETIN CONCORD, NH – As the House did in March, the Senate on Thursday gave its overwhelming support to a bill that would create a $100 million settlement fund for READ MORE
The Executive Council voted, 5-0, last week to table the two-year, $52.5 million contract with Wellpath Recovery Solutions, based in Nashville. READ MORE
“I just think the idea of a woman being forced to carry a fetus that has passed away is something that we should really address, as well as a child that is a fetus that can’t possibly live outside the womb. I’m a mother, and I can’t imagine the pain and the suffering some of these women are going through.” – Sen. Sharon Carson, R-Londonderry READ MORE
A dire shortage of treatment beds has kept people suffering a mental health crisis languishing in emergency rooms for days and weeks without access to treatment. Mental health advocates say it’s had another serious consequence: the premature release of people held against their will for safety reasons. READ MORE
Dr. Carol Barsky, chief quality and value officer at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, discusses vaccination status among COVID-19 positive patients. READ MORE
Nurse Nick Caruso is one of the thousands of short-term travel nurses who’ve helped New Hampshire hospitals and long-term care settings keep beds open during a time of unprecedented staff shortages and record-level admissions. It’s been a solution with a cost. READ MORE
Yes, Ken Norton brought professional credentials and years of clinical experience to his executive director work at NAMI NH. But the wins during his 11 years in that role also demanded persistent optimism and patience. READ MORE
Doctors and nurses caring for an overwhelming number of unvaccinated COVID-19 patients during a pandemic describe two kinds of emotional distress: The pain of watching someone die who – had they been vaccinated – would have lived; and turning away other patients suffering their own serious illnesses because COVID-19 patients are filling their hospitals. READ MORE
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