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140 U.S. health-care workers accepting job offers in B.C.: health minister
British Columbia launched a campaign in March 2025 that attracted nearly 1,400 U.S. health worker applications to help fill critical staffing gaps, officials said.
- On September 22, 2025, the provincial health minister announced that over 140 health-care professionals from the United States have accepted employment offers within British Columbia’s health system.
- This followed a recruitment campaign launched in March 2025 targeting Washington, Oregon, and California and changes allowing expedited licensing for US-trained professionals.
- Since May, the province has attracted close to 1,400 job applications and almost 3,000 expressions of interest from American health-care professionals, including 38 physicians, 80 nurses, 16 nurse practitioners, and 8 allied health workers.
- Osborne linked the increased interest to US health workers seeking a system that values skills, respects science, and provides universal health care amid rights erosion and scientific disregard in the US.
- The recruitment effort aims to address staffing shortages, especially in rural communities, and is supported by funding, regulatory reforms, and accelerated credential recognition processes.
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Health minister Osborne says B.C. recruited more than 140 health U.S. care staff (BC)
British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne says the province is "doing very well" in its recruiting drive of health care professionals from the United States, but admits that it will take time to convert that interest into staffing positions. Osborne says more than 140 health-care work...
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Health minister Osborne says B.C. recruited more than 140 health U.S. care staff
VICTORIA — British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne says the province is "doing very well" in its recruiting drive of health care professionals from the United States, but admits that it will take time to convert that interest into staffing pos
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