By Staff The Canadian Press
Posted July 11, 2024 1:23 pm
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Ontario’s wellness ministry faces questions complete expert and caregiver shortages
The national authorities has answered years-long calls from doctors and nurses to tally and investigation nan number of health workers successful Canada pinch a $47 cardinal backing announcement.
The money is being divided among investigation groups that purpose to cod and study information connected Canada’s wellness workforce, which has been difficult to stitchery crossed provincial wellness systems.
The largest sum, $22.5 million, is being fixed to nan an limb of nan Canadian Institute for Health Information to fig retired wherever gaps are successful nan workforce.
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The authorities besides announced that it would springiness $13 cardinal to nan Medical Council of Canada to grow a nationalist expert database of doctors successful Canada.
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That registry includes doctors’ credentials, specialties and locations, and nan group hopes it will service arsenic a first measurement toward making expert credentials portable wrong Canada.
Doctors and nurses person been urgently calling for national activity connected nan wellness workforce since nan COVID-19 pandemic, erstwhile shortages led to agelong waitlists, emergency room closures and unthinkable accent for wellness professionals connected nan job.
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