NWT authorities releases plan to deal with health-care staffing scarcity
The NWT authorities has developed a plan to deal with staffing gaps within the well being and social providers division.
Recruitment and retention of well being and social providers workers within the territory has lengthy been a difficulty, with the pandemic exacerbating the issue.
The brand new long-range human assets plan, launched Friday, goals to cut back emptiness and turnover charges, and to extend Indigenous illustration all through the system.
Julie Inexperienced, minister of well being and social providers, mentioned the COVID-19 pandemic triggered workers shortages that additional strained the system.
“Final summer season, staffing shortages all through our health-care