The NDP is joining growing calls for government to be more transparent when it comes to the recruitment and retention of healthcare workers.
Recently, Registered Nurses Union President Yvette Coffey raised concerns about numbers being given to the union about recruitment and retention of nurses.
The province claims 600 new nurses have been added to the system, but that’s not reflected in the RNU’s membership numbers.
NDP Leader Jim Dinn said the union should not have to petition government multiple times a year to ask for such information, and that it should be given on the agreed upon timeline.
He is calling on government to be more transparent, and update information around nurse recruitment and vacancies publicly when the information is available.