Health Worker Shortage
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Canada’s premiers turn up the heat in new push for more health fundingCanada’s premiers have launched a new ad campaign aimed at ratcheting up public pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to negotiate more federal health funding to the provinces.HealthOct 26, 2022
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Liberals face mounting calls to fulfil $4.5B mental health transfer election pledgeThe federal Liberals are facing calls to fulfil an election pledge to create a $4.5 billion mental health transfer - a stalled promise that is contributing to Canada’s ER crisis.HealthOct 21, 2022
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‘Dying on wait-lists’: Could private health-care solve Canada’s ER ‘crisis’?While some experts consider privatization a possible solution to staffing shortages and long wait times, others see it as a threat to public care.HealthSep 6, 2022
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‘Frustrating’ and ‘devastating’: The domino effect of family doctor, LTC shortages on ERsCanadians are increasingly forced to seek non-urgent medical care in emergency departments due to a growing shortage of family physicians across the country.HealthAug 30, 2022
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Singh warns against boosting private health services: ‘We can’t allow that to happen’NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is objecting to moves by some provinces to increase publicly covered health services offered by private companies to deal with health worker shortages.HealthAug 24, 2022
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Ottawa names new chief nursing officer amid Canada-wide health worker shortageA new national chief nursing officer has been appointed by Ottawa, reinstating a position that aims to bring more input from nurses to federal health-care decision-making.HealthAug 23, 2022
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Despite health-care ‘crisis,’ internationally-trained doctors, nurses face barriers to workAmid a 'crisis' in health care due to staffing shortages, experts question why it is so onerous for trained doctors and nurses to become licensed to work throughout Canada.HealthJul 13, 2022
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