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Public system spent at least $1.5-billion on private nurses last year, study finds (www.theglobeandmail.com)
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[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 month ago

The taxpayer dollars that are “coming out of the public system and going into the pockets of private agencies is very concerning,” Dr. Almost said. “Think about what could be done with $1.5-billion. It could be used to provide better care. It could be used to actually retain nurses.”

[-] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, retaining nursing is a big deal. In Ontario, I think we have 150,000 nurses. The government's approach to nurses leaving the workforce post COVID because of poor working conditions has been to graduate more nurses. But a new-grad nurse is not as competent as a nurse with 10 years of experience, and so the 'graduate more nurses' approach does not offset the competency drain from any excessive churn of experienced nurses

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