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Sick kids, sicker hospitals

The Paul Wells Show

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Health Care Staffing Crunch - What Levels of Government Need to Work Together?

Both provincial and federal levels of government need to work together on the solutions. Part of the reason we're in the fix is that hospitals, but also long term care, home care, really surged up and down over the years thanks to a large pool of part time and casual staff. That part time casual pool is disappearing. There are more permanent full time jobs, which is good. But provincial governments don't have the kind of fiscal capacity to do that on their own. And if there's not enough supply of anything, the cost will go up.

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