April 17, 2024
The health authority is calling on the federal government to regulate private nursing agencies, after incurring a $98-million budget shortfall they attribute mostly to what they say are unfair and costly contracts with Canadian Health Labs (CHL). Vitalité is urging Ottawa to regulate healthcare staffing companies and cap what they can charge, rather than leaving each province to set its own policies for the industry. Vitalité will be nearly $100 million over budget this year. Most of that stems from its contracts with CHL.
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Infirmières privées: l’agence CHL a profité de la position de faiblesse de Vitalité - L'Acadie Nouvelle (abonnement)
Province paid more than $2.5M for travel nurses to work long-term care homes - CBC News
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