Staffing challenges resulted in an increased reliance on agency nurses for many provinces. In Man., the increase went from 2% of overall nursing staff costs province-wide in 2015-2016 to over 4% for 2021-2022. The provincial government is now looking to rein in spending on agency nurses. The Manitoba Nurses Union is seeing many nurses leaving the public system to work entirely through agencies. Many of them are working part-time in hospitals and other healthcare facilities and are supplementing their income through higher paid agency work. The provincial government says it’s working on initiatives to keep qualified nurses in the public health sector.
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875 M$ aux agences privées: la pénurie de personnel en santé coûte une fortune - Journal de Montréal
‘It’s going to bankrupt healthcare’: Spending on temp agency nurses up more than 550% since pre-pandemic at one Toronto hospital network - The Star
Man. spent over $40M on private agency nurses last year, other provinces face same steep increases
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August 17, 2022