What are the parties promising on Health staffing?

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Health staffing platforms

Here's what the 2024 Nova Scotia election parties are promising.

PC

Create an internal travel nursing team, so as to stop relying on external companies for health staffing

"The new internal nursing team will employ nurses out of the Nova Scotia Health Authority. A pilot program focussed on Emergency Department nurses will launch by the end of 2024. The estimate for the 30-nurse pilot travel nurse team is approximately $5.3 million. If the Province were to hire 30 private agency nurses, the cost would be $8.2 million, resulting in savings of $2.9 million under the PC plan." — pcpartyns.ca, retrieved 2024-11-10

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Liberal

Forgive up to 20% of an in-demand health professional's student loan annually for up to 5 years

"We will forgive up to 20% of an in-demand health professional’s student loan annually for up to 5 years, based on the number of hours of in-person service." — Better Deal for Nova Scotians, retrieved 2024-11-09
Expand the number of training positions for family doctors
Double annual funding to a programme to get more physician assistants trained and able to provide healthcare

"A Physician Assistant is a crucial role in meeting the growing demands of our health care system and expanding collaborative care in Nova Scotia, but there are currently only 19 physician assistants in the province. We will double annual funding to the program to get more physician assistants trained and able to provide healthcare." — Better Deal for Nova Scotians, retrieved 2024-11-09

NDP

Provide recruitment and retention incentives to doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses, and other health professionals who stay in Nova Scotia

"As part of a realistic and long-term health human resources strategy we'll, new recruitment and retention incentives in return for a long-term Nova Scotia residency guarantee." — Leadership You Can Believe In, retrieved 2024-11-16

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