Health Minister Jean\u002DYves Duclos announced that Leigh Chapman, a Toronto\u002Dbased registered nurse with a PhD in nursing, will fill the newly reinstated role
The appointment could not come at a better time, Canadian Nurses Association president Sylvain Brousseau said at the news conference, as nursing shortages threaten the sustainability of Canada’s health systems.The federal government announced in February it would reinstate the role, in recognition of the central role nurses played in keeping health care afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“What Dr. Chapman will be able to do is to be in the minister’s office as the voice of nurses,” she said. “I’m going to have, at the federal level, better support to engage the voice and hear the voice of nurses when it comes to developing the pan-Canadian health human resources agenda that we have been developing over the last few weeks and months,” Duclos said.Article content
“I really hope to work very closely with the provinces and territories as well as national associations to really amplify the voice of nurses,” Chapman said at the news conference.
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