NDP slams Sask. government over health care recruitment efforts
The Sask. NDP says the provincial government’s health care recruitment and retention plan isn’t working.
Citing figures from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), health critic Vicki Mowat lambasted the provincial government for losing 526 rural and remote registered nurses between 2018 and 2023.
“It’s devastating to see that, especially when we look at all the closures across rural Saskatchewan. People are tired of being left behind by this government,” Mowat said at a media conference on Wednesday.
Mowat said the province needs to listen to the expertise of health-care workers in addressing the issue.