A national tracking system for healthcare workers (information about their training, location, and career plans) could make a "big difference" in dealing with future staffing. ' will result. says the president of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA).
On her CTV Your Morning on Thursday, Dr. Catherine Smart said the healthcare system was facing a severe human resource "crisis." Lack of planning, she says, is the main cause.
With much of the national staffing data siled, Smart said having a national “lens” on who is needed in the system and where will help future plans. said to be helpful.
"One of the reasons she's here today is that we didn't plan well. All of a sudden, we didn't have redundancy in our system." she said.
This lack of planning, along with a "massive decline" in nurses and doctors, creates a "disastrous work environment for people," Smart added
CMA. TheNational Health Workforce Strategy is part of a series of proposed solutions announced Wednesday to address the current healthcare "crisis".
The CMA's proposal was made because Statistics Canada's latest employment figures, released on August 5, show the number of people working in health care and social assistance. , decreased for the second straight month in July., reduced by 22,000. However, industry employment was little changed compared to the same month last year.
In May, he had 143,400 job openings in the healthcare and social assistance sector, up 20% from May 2021, according to StatCan.
Some states have recently announced efforts to bring more medical staff into the system, includinginternationally trained nurses, but Smart Another challenge, he said, is to retain people who work frequently. in bad condition.
"I believe that unless the health workforce crisis is taken seriously and addressed, the quality of health care in our country will continue to decline.
See the full interview with Dr. Catherine Smart at the top of the article. Using files from The Canadian Press.
