REGINA - Today, the Saskatchewan NDP was joined at the Legislature by Shannon Orell-Bast, a breast cancer patient and medical social worker who helps people navigate Saskatchewan’s health system. She expressed concern over the culture and working conditions that are a factor in driving healthcare workers out of Saskatchewan.
No Relief, No Trust: Sask. Party delivers no cost-of-living relief in election-year budget
BECK: The party that broke our schools and hospitals can’t be trusted to fix them
REGINA - Today, the Sask. Party released an election-year budget that includes zero new measures to help make life more affordable for working families, despite Saskatchewan people reporting that rising costs are their number one concern. The budget also presented relatively few new ideas to transform the way healthcare is delivered in Saskatchewan at a time when the health system needs wide-scale reform.
MEDICAL SERVICES REPORT: SK down 14 GPs since Scott Moe took office
Majority of Sask.-trained specialists leaving province after graduation
REGINA - Today, the Saskatchewan NDP responded to the Medical Services Branch Annual Statistical Report for 2022-23. While other provinces make big gains, Saskatchewan is losing family doctors, gynecologists, diagnostic radiologists and other specialists at an alarming rate. Graduate retention rates also show that medical specialists trained in Saskatchewan are more likely to leave the province after completing their education than to stay.
Moe on track to double Saskatchewan’s debt in just six years
REGINA - Today, the Saskatchewan NDP released new figures comparing the financial records of past Saskatchewan premiers. Premier Scott Moe has nearly doubled Saskatchewan’s debt in just 6 years, with new record high debt expected this week.
Moe gov’t uses legal loophole to hide healthcare workforce report, 3rd quarter financials
REGINA - Today, Official Opposition Health Critic Vicki Mowat and Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon questioned the Moe government’s lack of transparency. The Sask. Party is using a legal loophole to withhold important reports about the state of the healthcare workforce and the province’s financial position.
Ballooning travel nurse numbers proof of failing healthcare plan
Angus Reid: 66% say Sask. Party doing “poor” or “very poor” job on healthcare
REGINA - Today, Official Opposition Health Critic Vicki Mowat responded to new data suggesting that the Moe government’s reliance on temporary travel nurses is ballooning - further proof that their healthcare recruitment plan is failing.