Thank you, Madam Chair. The Member raises an important and often delegate issue, and that's the need for communities and the people working in the communities -- nurses and other professionals -- to have a relationship. Like most relationships, if they're not a good relationship, then chances are one of the parties will end the relationship. The professional people, nurses especially, are very, very mobile and have the capacity to pick up the phone and go just about anywhere they would like. Most of them come in on a short term, plus they're a profession where there is lots of communication among nurses. So if things go bad in a community, then it tends to reflect badly not only on the nurses possibly, but also on the community when it comes to recruiting other nurses. It applies to teachers and other professions, as well. So we all have to be aware, communities and ourselves and the people working in communities, that there is that need for a relationship. That particular fact I know has in fact ended the stays in different communities of nurses and other professionals. So it's a good point that the Member has raised. It's a delicate one, but it is a very clear fact. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 23rd, 2004. See this statement in context.
Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Revert To Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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