Boost spending, improve preventive care, say health-care reps on solving crisis Representatives within New Brunswick's health-care sector say there needs to be a boost to provincial health spending and a pivot to focus more on preventive care to relieve pressures on the system now being felt with shortages of nurses and doctors. Social Sharing Paula Doucet with nurses union and Dr. Jeff Steeves with medical society weigh in on health-care woes Posted: Jul 20, 2021 5:50 PM AT | Last Updated: July 20 Representatives for New Brunswick's health-care sector say more health spending is needed, along with more of a focus on prevention.(Shutterstock / hxdbzxy)