SANE

• Staffing shortages persist in Manitoba’s SANE Program but progress underway: Shared Health

  The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners program - or SANE - at Health Sciences Centre is still looking to fill some staffing positions, but Shared Health says progress is being made.

  Health

  Jul 5, 2023
  
• Survivor shocked, saddened by Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program staffing challenges

  Seven casual nurses with SANE quit this week after working through long-standing shortages that forced some patients to return later for examination and treatment.

  Canada

  Mar 24, 2023
  
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• Shared Health to put backup plan in place for sexual assault program while replacement nurses train

  The program has been under fire recently, as seven of 13 nurses resigned from the program earlier this week.

  Health

  Mar 23, 2023
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• More nurses quit Manitoba service for sexual assault victims amid ongoing staffing issues

  On Tuesday Gordon said she holds health leaders accountable after two more casual nurses who collect evidence after sexual and domestic assaults in Manitoba resigned.

  Health

  Mar 22, 2023
• Manitoba service for sexual assault victims sees more staffing trouble as nurses quit

  Four of 13 nurses working on a casual basis to help examine victims of sexual assault in Manitoba resigned Tuesday, and their union blamed a lack of staffing and support.

  Health

  Mar 21, 2023
• Staffing issues still affecting care for sex, domestic assault victims in Winnipeg: nurse

  'I don't know how to sleep at night knowing that someone came for care and I decided to to go home.'

  Health

  Feb 28, 2023
• As sexual assault rates rise, provinces face shortages of specially trained nurses

  Health officials in New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador say they've cancelled plans to train sexual assault nurse examiners after too few nurses signed up.

  Canada

  Feb 2, 2023
• Dozens turned away after sex, domestic assaults in Winnipeg, jeopardizing criminal cases: nurses

  The lone full-time forensic nurse working at Health Sciences Centre's Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program estimates 50 victims have been turned away since the summer.

  Health

  Jan 27, 2023
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• N.B. sexual assault nurse says systemic failure led to rape victim being turned away

  A New Brunswick sexual assault nurse examiner says the case of a rape victim being turned away last month was the result of a systemic failure, not a lack of compassion.

  Canada

  Sep 16, 2022
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• Forensic nurse program at HSC helps Winnipeg survivors of domestic violence

  The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program provides a safe space for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault to get the treatment and care they need.

  Health

  Nov 22, 2021