Sask. hires over 1,000 nurses to tackle shortage [Video]

Saskatchewan is making strides in addressing its registered nurses shortage with the hiring of over 1,000 nursing graduates.

The provincial government said these nurses have been hired from both Sask. and out-of-province since Dec. 2022 as part of Saskatchewan’s health human resources action plan.

“We will continue to make significant investments in programs to recruit, train, incentivize and retain more nurses as we build a stronger, more resilient health care system for the people of Saskatchewan,” Health Minister Everett Hindley said in a release Thursday.

The provincial government said nearly 300 “hard-to-recruit” positions have been filled through the rural and remote recruitment incentive, which offers up to $50,000 to new employees in nine high-priority health occupations.

The incentive is available in 54 rural and remote communities across Sask. and over 75 per cent of these incentives have been awarded to nurses.

It comes at a time when recent datashows more doctors and nurses continue to leave the …