Nova Scotians were able to access health care virtually on a weekend. This is the latest move from the province in order to deal with increasing pressures that hospitals have been experiencing.
The province is paying private contract nurses at least double the hourly wage of public-sector nurses. The higher pay often comes with greater flexibility in scheduling, which some nurses say is attracting early career staff to move out of the public sector even as health officials grapple with recruitment and retention.
While there was plenty of talk about private health care during Monday s premiers summit in Moncton, the four leaders weren t specific about what they have in mind.
There s a crisis in the emergency department at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax. A recent surge of patients at the children s hospital is leading to long wait times and overcrowding.