10 new Indigenous patient navigators will help build trust, Horizon manager says – CBC

Jun 10, 2025

Systemic racism still exists in health-care system as a whole, Aaron Hatty says

Horizon Health Network is hiring 10 new Indigenous patient navigators, bringing the network’s total to 12.

The network has seen the benefits of having people in this role since Indigenous patient navigators were hired for Fredericton and Miramichi hospitals in 2022, said Aaron Hatty, Horizon’s regional manager of Indigenous health programming.

“We have seen many positive outcomes from those relationships — seeing how patients feel supported, patients feel heard, less afraid,” she said Tuesday.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/horizon-indigenous-patient-navigators-1.7556890