Newfoundland’s Auditor-General probing province’s expensive travel nursing contracts - The Globe and Mail
Newfoundland’s Auditor-General probing province’s expensive travel nursing contracts - The Globe and Mail
The announcement arrives in the midst of an uproar in Newfoundland about the cost of travel nurses, who are hired from out of province by private, for-profit agencies
Toronto-based Canadian Health Labs, had inked contracts with health authorities in Newfoundland and New Brunswick, and charged rates that in many cases worked out to more than $300 an hour per nurse. That is roughly six times as much as nurses earn in the public health care system.
We've systemically underpaid nurses for decades. We've failed to train enough nurses. Their real pay has shrunk, while their workload has grown. It isn't surprising nurses have left the public system for less shitty jobs.
Canadaland Commons has a great interview with a nurse who has seen the decline.