MLA Report-Aug. 18, 2017 – Thompson Citizen

August 18, 2017

Our provincial government is carefully taking steps toward healing our health-care system in Manitoba by implementing a first phase of improvements and investments in the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA). These changes will bring better patient care and a system that is integrated and sustainable.

The improvements we are making are based on practices that are already working well in other jurisdictions, and they follow expert advice from Dr. David Peachey and consulting firm KPMG.

Despite what some critics of these improvements want Manitobans to believe, no nurses will be unemployed as a result of the changes. Through a commitment by our Manitoba government and the WRHA, every nurse who wishes to continue working in the Winnipeg health-care system will be able to do so. This has been confirmed through an assessment of position vacancies and increased staffing in a variety of areas – a job will be available for every nurse who wants to keep working in the WRHA.