The Manitoba government says one year into its first term and six months into its first provincial budget, it’s over halfway to its goal of hiring 1,000 net new health-care workers.
Premier Wab Kinew said Thursday, “Manitobans told us clearly they want more nurses, doctors and health-care professionals working in our province. We made an ambitious promise to add 1,000 net new people into our system and today we’re proud to say we’re more than halfway to that goal. Setting big goals like this is exactly what government is for. When we work together, we can get things done that aren’t possible on our own.”
From April 1 to Aug. 31, 873 net new health-care workers have been added, of which 116 are physicians, 304 are nurses, 290 are health-care aides and 87 are allied health. Staff has come into the system across the province, with increases in staffing in every region and at CancerCare Manitoba.
The premier noted the numbers are a result of the government’s investments in retaining, recruiting and training more health-care workers including adding new training seats, streamlining licensing for internationally educated health-care workers and emphasizing community recruitment.
