Healthcare Workers

• Vacancies for nurses, support workers tripled since 2016, StatCan finds

  From 2016 to 2024, the vacancy rate for health-related occupations nearly tripled, increasing from 2.1 per cent to 5.8 per cent, the report said.

  Health

  Dec 2
  
• Rural Ontario hospitals offering hefty incentives for traveling doctors amid shortage

  As a travelling physician in northern Ontario, Dannica Switzer is acutely aware of the health-care crisis in underserved communities.

  Health

  Jul 31
  
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• Nova Scotia health-care unions move to conciliation in first step toward job action

  NSGEU first vice-president Hugh Gillis accuses Nova Scotia Health in a news release of "refusing to meaningfully engage" in the process of establishing an essential services plan.

  Canada

  Jul 3, 2024
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• Rural and remote doctors are burning out. What will it take to help them?

  Some of those working in the medical field say a federal promise to forgive loans for rural and remote doctors is like putting a band-aid on a broken bone.

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2024
• Fourth medical simulation training centre opens in Penticton, B.C.

  Simulation programs are designed to create medical scenarios that are often low-frequency, high-risk events like cardiac arrest or major trauma.

  Health

  Jun 21, 2023
• Pressure at work? Report says these are the most stressful jobs in Canada

  A Statistics Canada survey conducted in April shows that more than 20 per cent of the employed population experienced 'high or very high levels of work-related stress.'

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2023
• Health care should remain top priority for premiers amid ER crunch: groups

  The Canadian Medical Association and other organizations representing health workers are urging premiers to keep health care at the top of the agenda at their next meeting in July.

  Health

  Jun 5, 2023
• N.B. health minister caught off guard by N.S. nurse bonus announcement

  In response to news of a Nova Scotia nurses incentive, New Brunswick premier Blaine Higgs said he doesn't want to get into a bidding war with other provinces.

  Politics

  Mar 22, 2023
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• Manitoba health-care unions call for workplace safety certifications amid high injury rates

  In Manitoba, health care is 'the most dangerous sector to work in,' says Kevin Rebeck, president of the Manitoba Federation of Labour. 'That’s wrong. That needs to change.'

  Health

  Mar 13, 2023
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• Université de Moncton president calls on province to eliminate tuition for nursing students

  Denis Prud'homme told a legislative committee that grant money for students who attend the nursing program at a Maine university would have been better spent at home.

  Health

  Mar 5, 2023