That's only part. My young doctor just closed down his office. Said it was 'all too much' and 'the government isn't helping'. I'm sure HCW understand more about what that means.
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It’s a good start
I hear a lot of people here talk about how Newfoundland and Labrador is too rural. Young people don't want to live in rural or remote communities, they want cities. Where I live, I am one of six young people in their 20's.
Why not. But there aren't enough healthcare professionals here to keep. We need to draw more in.
More money and better work life balance. It's quite simple.
No. I received a great education at MUN. The wage and morale will always be the biggest obstacles in retaining HCW. That’s why I left.
Province needs a Media platform in NL not trying to deceive its listeners. While listening viewers numbers are getting lower and lower, it’s time to start rethinking about this narrative.
A lot of the problem is that they have the bare minimum positions in most areas of healthcare and if someone calls in sick or goes off on whatever kind of leave, they’re up that creek😓
Healthcare workers are not required to be vaccinated anymore.
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We have no programs here for nurses to specialize. Ie. psychiatric as an example u have to go away to train. Once u go it’s more likely u will NOT return to NL.
My 20 year old baymen son is in his second year nursing , paying through the nose for everything, high rent, bus passes, trying to keep his self fed,scatter night out. Help him out? Sign him to a contract. You knows he’s not staying. His buds are out west working.Trucks & trips.
It can't hurt but what we need to do is double the amount of seats in nursing schools, med schools, tech schools etc. In every province. Doctors control med schools and deliberately limit supply. Plus they do everything they can to block nurse practioners.
these doctors have already shown what corrupt puppets the majority are. More concerned with keeping their licenses and getting the big money than having any moral fiber and ethical profession conduct. How many of them died this past year through mysterious incidents? 80+ now?
Yes - nursing program in corner brook and goose bay! Class and online learning is possible , both places have learning / hospital placements- opportunities for west and northern communities- Nl has so much potential !
The only way that you have any control of keeping any healthcare workers is to legally bound them here by a contract of 5-10 years. Other than that, after one year they are gone. That's the only way. No one wants to live in shithole provinces anymore that have nothing to offer.
Yes
Need much better management in order for people to stay and gvmt is certainly not going in that direction
It's pretty clear that it's the way we treat doctors once they're already hired that's driving them off. Bureaucratic roadblocks make it hell to operate in this province. You need a referral for literally everything on this island.
Train more, subsidize more, but with more strings attached (as well as incentives) to stay.
Time to dig a little deeper … get a list of medical residents / nurses that finished this year and ask why they left NL instead of staying here to practice. Then correct whatever barriers they identified. Easy peasey.
I think this is not only applicable to university training but also to when Healthcare professionals are once hired to work. Providing essential on the job training is a great but often missed retention strategy.
No. Why because places like Alberta will not implement anymore forced vaccinations for staff. Secondly everyone knows we’re the lab rats for the country with our compliance. It gets worse from here! Do better!
High cost of living has been driving Newfoundlanders away for many years. Do people really think it is not affecting health care?
There is zero quality of life for some and no incentive to stay.
We have to find a program where we should not charge the students fees if they graduate then in return they have to stay a minimum of years practicing in Newfoundland/Labrador! 👍
Can someone answer a question for me, please? Have the health workers who've been denied work because of their refusal to take the covid jab given a chance to come back? If so, how many came back? Does anybody know?
If there is no training program in NL it is extremely difficult to attract health care professionals. For example radiation technologists.
Young, very well training and educated healthcare professionals, will continue to leave NL for better working conditions and far better benefits elsewhere. If these factors aren’t improve considerably in NL, we will never stop this bleed.
VoCm, a less out-of-touch question would be, why is it healthcare professionals have only incentives to leave this province?
No. It's not about education or training. It's about quality of life. People need to have time off and need to be able to take days off with their families.
How many health care workers got the boot because they chose not to Vax.
NL healthcare will only get worse, except maybe larger centres. Soon GovNL will be like it’s not up to them to bring you resources, if you want them move to where they are … You can see it already sure. Sad
No. It’s the lack of those who are better trained, that’s hurting our system. Hire back the nurses that were fired because they made a choice!
Real simple 1. Hire more nurses so that they aren’t constantly burnt out doing 12-24hr shifts. Most people want a life outside of work. 2. Fair wages/benefits 3. Training/professional development is a plus for people happy in their environment. Burned out folks don’t care for it.
We’ve already got great training! What we need is more incentive to stay after they’re trained - duhhhh!!
Nope. Lower taxes, higher wages and cheaper living is what people want!!!!
No. More $,less tax.
You can have all the advanced training you could be a genus but if the pay 💰 is lower than any other province and you are working double shifts all the advanced training won’t help if staff is Burt out and over work we need people and as it is especially in health care shortage
No they also need a healthy work environment. The province can't offer that
Yes better training and education for government and elected officials and focus on issues may keep drs here