Gov't Touts Health Care Staff Recruitment; Opposition Presses on Retention

Gov’t touts health care staff recruitment; Opposition presses on retention

MARTENSVILLE — Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill resumed his provincial tour to highlight the government’s hiring efforts to fill health care worker vacancies, announcing on Thursday the hiring of a new nurse practitioner joining the Martensville Collective Health & Wellness. NP Erin Boyce is the latest addition to the health care facility’s medical team that is composed of four doctors and one physiotherapist. She replaces Dr. Vanessa Leung Shing…

Gov't touts health care staff recruitment; Opposition presses on retention

Martensville's eight medical health care professionals will serve the community’s a little over 12,000 residents, or a ratio of 1 to 1,500 possible patients.

We're implementing a phased recruitment plan for nurses and other health professionals

He added that the 2022 batch will be recruited before the end of the year 2026, followed by the 2023 batch, subject to financial clearance from the Ministry of Finance.