There have been more than half a dozen closures in recent days
“I would be surprised if it’s the only one and I’m not happy about having to say that,” said North Shore Health Network president and CEO Tim Vine.“It’s obviously something that we agonize about and we do everything we possibly can to avoid, but I don’t see any other way through the summer without having some closures, and they will almost certainly not be limited to Thessalon,” he said.
“While there were shortages prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were significantly exacerbated by the pandemic, which did require HHHS to turn to nursing agencies to fill scheduling gaps,” Plummer wrote in a statement. “The rates that some of the agencies are charging have ballooned completely,” he said. “They’re absolutely taking advantage of the situation and they’re taking advantage of the pandemic and the very demanding and punishing conditions that all health-care workers face.”Article content
“We’re rushing to make up for lost time and the government has implemented a wide range of well-designed and very constructive programs to recruit and retain, to incent health-care workers — and especially nurses — to consider practising in rural and remote communities,” Dale said. The Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance and its four hospital sites in southwestern Ontario have been making use of many of those programs, including one that gives new nursing graduates $25,000 if they work in an underserved area for two years. As well, they have been training staff outside the emergency department to be able to work there, and have introduced clinical coaches to support new graduates.
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