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Care closer to home
Modernise hospitals, clinics and diagnostics, with stronger community-based care, prevention and rehabilitation.
Blueprint pages 49–50PATHWAYS TO PROSPERITY · 2025–2045
A healthier horizon for Tobago.
The blueprint mandate places compassion, prevention and modern, people-centred care at the heart of the island’s future.
A vision, not a completion report. The commitments below are proposals and targets in the supplied blueprint. They are not a claim that programmes, online appointments, telehealth or family-doctor assignment are currently available. Implementation status has not been independently verified.
Read the original blueprintPOLICY TARGETS · BLUEPRINT PAGES 49 & 55
Ambition with a destination.
BY 203050%
Shorter waits
At least 50% less waiting time for primary, secondary and tertiary care.
BY 203020%
Lower NCD prevalence
Reduce the prevalence of non-communicable diseases by 20%.
BY 2030Family
doctors.
doctors.
Continuity of care
Introduce resident family-doctor assignment and nurse practitioners across care levels.
Long-term target by 2045: healthy life expectancy at birth of 70 years for females and 68 years for males. Healthy life expectancy is not the same as total life expectancy.
WELLNESS & HEALTHCARE DELIVERY · PAGES 48–53
Eight priorities. One healthier island.
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People who care for people
Invest in clinical training, mentorship, compassionate customer care and the wellbeing of healthcare workers.
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A connected health system
Develop digital patient records, appointment systems, secure referrals, telehealth and remote monitoring.
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Wellness at every age
Strengthen mental health awareness, nutrition, physical activity, maternal and adolescent health and healthy ageing.
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Resources with purpose
Improve procurement and allocate health funding transparently, equitably and to the greatest needs.
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Communities at the table
Create community health committees, deepen partnerships and use citizen feedback to improve programmes.
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Ready for tomorrow
Strengthen emergency response, essential supplies, simulation exercises and climate-resilient infrastructure.
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Always learning
Expand research, teaching partnerships, clinical placements and evidence-based innovation.
Blueprint pages 53PUBLIC HEALTH · PAGES 54–58
Healthy people.
Healthy communities.
The public-health chapter proposes a Public Health Observatory combining intelligence from the County Medical Officer of Health, Public Health Inspectorate and TRHA.
Its priorities include disease surveillance, vaccination and screening, food and water safety, sanitation, vector control and stronger readiness for outbreaks and climate-related health risks.
Joint work with other divisions—including Community Development and Social Protection—is a cross-agency partnership, not a return of Social Protection to the health portfolio.