Newly-minted Premier-designate John Hogan says the province isn’t where it needs to be with the health care system, but he hopes to bring meaningful change.

Hogan was elected as leader of the Liberal Party of NL on Saturday during their leadership convention.

He echoed many of the same words as Andrew Furey, who said he had hoped to do more.

Hogan says the system is slowly improving, but there’s a long way to go.

“The trends do show we’re moving in the right direction. As frustrating as some people are with health, particularly things like waiting for ambulances and air ambulances and having access to primary health care, if you look at the data, things are improving,” he told reporters.

“So we have to keep our foot on the gas. It’s a 10-year plan, we’re only two years in and we have a ways to go. We’re a little bit ahead of schedule but we need to continue to work on that”