Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just
want to be clear, if the Minister can provide the information to ensure whether we are training more NP nurses than we have available positions.
It’s not a question of whether I support training or not. That should never be put into question, because I do. The principle, really, is value for money. If we don’t have positions for them to fill, it draws the question as to how big of a resource pool of nurse practitioners do we need.
The other thing is these temporary positions we create and fill with newly trained nurse practitioners. Are they limited by their credentials and experience? When they go into that and then they’re placed back into their old jobs, do they lose some of that? Because I’ve been informed, whether it’s a fact or not, they lose some of their operating credentials if they’re not left in a nurse practitioner position.