The Nova Scotia Health Authority operates various facilities across the province of Nova Scotia:[2] Northern Zone Western Zone Eastern Zone Central Zone Associated Indigenous Health Centres The Nova Scotia Health Authority was formed on April 1, 2015, as an amalgamation of nine existing regional authorities: The authority received a $843,530 grant from the Public Health Agency of Canada's Immunization Partnership Fund to implement Nova Scotia's Enhanced Immunization Access Project.

[3] Between December 2019 and May 2020, parents of children born in 2011 were surveyed to collect up-to-date immunization records.

[4] On September 1, 2021, the newly elected provincial government undertook wholesale changes in the NS Health Authority.

Karen Oldfield, newly appointed interim CEO, previously was the senior executive at the Halifax Ports Corporation.

The health authority has a history of medical professional misconduct scandals in Nova Scotia.