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Saskatchewan Signs First Contracts with Nurse Practitioners to Expand Primary Care
The Saskatchewan government signed 19 contracts costing at least $233,000 each to enable nurse practitioners to expand publicly funded primary care services province-wide.
- On Monday in Regina, Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill announced the Saskatchewan government signed 19 Nurse Practitioner contracts to provide publicly funded primary health-care services, with three nurse practitioners signing at NPower+ Health Clinic.
- The province developed the model in partnership with the Saskatchewan Association of Nurse Practitioners after a 2024 funding-model announcement and a June expression-of-interest, expanding from initial six contracts amid previous restrictions on private NP practices.
- The program allows nurse practitioners to practice within an expanded scope and offers first-year compensation a little over $233,000 with private practice, group practice, or independent contractor options with the Ministry of Health.
- Patients will gain new publicly funded options close to home, as contracted NP services require no payment and clinics say they can accept patients within 24 or 48 hours, benefiting almost 20,000 Saskatchewan residents.
- Amid plans to expand the program, the province will sign 25 more contracts in the next two months as it scales the model and sends a recruitment signal to nurse practitioners from other provinces.
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Saskatchewan Expands Patient Access to Primary Care with 19 Nurse Practitioner Contracts
The Government of Saskatchewan is delivering on its commitment to expand access for patients to primary care by signing 19 Nurse Practitioners (NPs) to contracts to provide publicly funded primary care services. This number is expected to continue to increase over the coming months with up to 30 contracts available. “These new Nurse Practitioner contracts put patients first by expanding access to publicly funded primary care services, helping m…
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