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Originally Posted by Fuzz
While that's one way, another good method is to treat the existing staff well, so they don't abandon their careers in despair, and all the investments the province have made in them. An existing staff member is worth a lot more than a new one. One thing we have heard over and over since the UCP came in is they feel unsuported and attacked by this government. Giving existing staff some confidence in government plans would go a long way to maintaining them.
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But these aren't just Alberta issues. I would understand if other jurisdictions were fully staffed and having no issues, but that's just not the situation. The harsh reality is that the pandemic and associated pressures made healthcare work terrible, and it's hard to get enough staff. People retired, people quit and moved or went to other fields. It's not all at the feet of the current provincial government as we see the same problems in BC, Ontario and most if not all of North America.
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Originally Posted by btimbit
It's one of those things where just saying it sounds decent, sure, but that's not nearly enough. Where are they going to get them, and what are they doing to stop all the healthcare workers that we do have from leaving because it's a terrible place to work? Biggest thing for me is why focus on hiring people to solve one small symptom of healthcare rather than just hire more staff in general
Hiring 115 nurses to babysit waiting rooms doesn't really get you far if 150 nurses in other units are quit and move to Ontario anyway, and getting medics back on the road faster only gets you so far if they're just quitting and committing suicide
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It's not just one small symptom though. Paramedics pick people up, bring them to the hospital and then wait with them. In the meantime, more calls come in and there are no more paramedics to send out. So...sensibly, the plan is to have someone to hand these patients off to so that paramedics can get back out and take calls.
Will they have enough staff fast enough? No idea. Where will they get them? Not sure. But it doesn't seem like a crazy idea to try to remove a pretty obvious pain point?