Travel Nurses

• Service N.B. minister not given travel nurse contract details before signing exemption

  The minister of Service New Brunswick said she wasn't given details on two travel nurse contracts before signing an exemption allowing the deals to be expedited.

  Canada

  Jun 26, 2024
  
• Head of New Brunswick health network defends big spending on travel nurse contracts

  The head of New Brunswick's francophone Vitalité Health Network launched a spirited defence today of the organization's spending on travel nurse contracts.

  Health

  Jun 20, 2024
  
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• Lucrative travel nurse contracts a breakdown in process, former N.B. health minister says

  Dorothy Shephard questioned how such essential processes like verifying invoices broke down and said that more investigation may be warranted.

  Health

  Jun 18, 2024
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• New Brunswick health minister says travel nurse companies took advantage of province

  New Brunswick's health minister says the province has been taken advantage of by the "exorbitant" costs it paid for private nursing services.

  Health

  Jun 5, 2024
• ‘This can’t continue’: No value for money in N.B. use of travel nurses, auditor says

  The province's auditor general said the roughly $173 million the province spent on travel nurses was not justified and didn't correlate to COVID-19-related staff vacancies.

  Health

  Jun 4, 2024
• Premier Higgs backs calls for auditor general investigation of travel nurse contract

  New Brunswick has been under fire for the use of expensive travel nurse contracts to fill gaps in the healthcare system.

  Health

  Feb 27, 2024
• Nova Scotia to restrict contract length for nurses who travel to fill shortages

  Nova Scotia is moving to restrict the amount of time travel nurses can work in the province, and Premier Tim Houston is calling on other premiers to consider doing the same.

  Health

  Dec 4, 2023
• Nova Scotia spending $45M on travel nurses to help in long-term care sector

  Unions in the province have been vocal against the use of travel nurses noting that the travel nurses make significantly more than nurses in the public care.

  Health

  Feb 14, 2023