Health Minister Jason Copping announced Thursday that the province is promising $158 million in the upcoming budget to address Alberta’s health care worker shortage, as part of the government’s new Health Workforce Strategy.
Health officials are working on plans to redeploy staff, if needed, and postponing a small number of surgeries as Alberta Children's Hospital struggles to keep up with ballooning demand.
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CALGARY Several hundred workers at a southeast Calgary care facility that was the site of a number of COVID-19 outbreaks last year voted to join Alberta s largest union. The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) announced the results of the vote of more than 300 auxiliary nurses at AgeCare Seton on April 28. Union officials say by joining, they are improving their working conditions and care of the residents at the facility. The organizing that these workers have done is inspiring, and we’re proud to have them in our union family, Bobby-Joe Borodey, a vice-president with AUPE, said in a release.