Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it began, I believe, in 1996 as a broader human resource planning group which kicked out under way. Some of the things that were to be discussed is the preferred model of primary care delivery because a lot of our communities do not have physicians. A lot of communities are being serviced by nurse practitioners. There were some discussions about what roles those two groups would play. The aspect of the social workers not being represented by an organization or association was another issue. Things progressed but not at a rapid pace. What happened in 1997, as you know, there were some issues brought forward in respect to physician shortages throughout the territories, I believe raised by the Medical Association which flagged the issue of the need to maybe have some concentration on that area. It became apparent that some of the nursing positions are becoming vacant and not being filled on a permanent basis, but more on a contractual basis, so that again, brought up the need of that issue. There were different components that became accelerated as a result of circumstances that caused us to deal with the situation in a more timely fashion. I believe a lot of that took place, the actual acceleration of some of the work of these on a specific nursing position and social worker planning part, sometime late 1997 or early fall of 1997, around that time, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
Kelvin Ng on Question 217-13(5): Recruitment And Retention Of Medical Staff
In the Legislative Assembly on February 5th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 217-13(5): Recruitment And Retention Of Medical Staff
Question 217-13(5): Recruitment And Retention Of Medical Staff
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 4th, 1998
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
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