Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am aware that, within the department and our hiring practices, we have tried to come up with some unique ideas or processes of coming up with nurses. Part of the problem is because there is such a large vacancy rate that occurred at one point, we had to come up with this idea. In fact, I believe before we, as we now term it "agency nurses," that was some of the practices that came in place with individuals. Of course, in a work environment, when you find that there is a large demand, there is also the other side of the equation that comes into play where they then do find themselves in a position of some authority in a sense of being able to deliver services for us and trying to fill a gap. We came up with this option of using agency nurses to fill a gap. Unfortunately, we found ourselves having to use that more and more. We are looking at another option of trying to move away from that, but it will take some work and some time. Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Question 203-15(5): Incentives And Retention Bonuses For Health Care Professionals
In the Legislative Assembly on October 26th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 203-15(5): Incentives And Retention Bonuses For Health Care Professionals
Question 203-15(5): Incentives And Retention Bonuses For Health Care Professionals
Item 7: Oral Questions
October 25th, 2006
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