Quebec Nursing Shortage

• Nurses recruited from West Africa say Quebec training program has left them destitute

  A Montreal civil rights organization says a Quebec program to recruit and train nurses from overseas is leaving some participants in dire straits and dependent on food banks.

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2024
  
• Quebec looks abroad to solve nursing shortage, but experts warn it’s not a quick fix

  As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, the Quebec government needs more nurses, and fast.

  Health

  Jan 18, 2022
  
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• Quebec recruits 1,000 nurses to work full time amid urgent labour shortage

  Christian Dubé said the government is also in negotiations with about 1,900 nurses to see if they will take on a full-time work load.

  Health

  Oct 7, 2021
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• After long negotiations, nurses’ union inks collective agreement with Quebec

  Contract negotiations were not easy. A first collective agreement on working conditions was reached in November 2020 but then rejected by delegates.

  Health

  Oct 6, 2021
• Emergency room nurses sound alarm over staffing shortages in Quebec hospitals

  'The situation could worsen in the coming weeks in light of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic,' the association said of a critical nursing shortage in Quebec ERs.

  Health

  Sep 29, 2021
• ‘It doesn’t fix the problem’: Nurses pan Quebec’s bonus offer, say real issue is mandatory overtime

  Many nurses and other health-care workers were quick to slam the plan on social media, calling it a temporary bandage on an issue that requires serious surgical work.

  Health

  Sep 29, 2021
• ‘We need you’: Quebec to give up to $18K in bonuses to full-time nurses amid critical shortage

  Quebec's premier described it as a 'mini revolution' in the health network after months of pandemic-induced stresses that have contributed to a shortage of 4,300 nurses.

  Health

  Sep 23, 2021
• COVID-19: Quebec hopes to begin vaccinating youngsters by year’s end, health minister says

  Christian Dubé made the comments Tuesday as he spoke to reporters at the provincial legislature about the ongoing health crisis.

  Health

  Sep 21, 2021