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NLNU and printed in The Telegram
Monday, Dec 17 2012
Standing up for safe staffing and safe patient care in Central
Central Health is planning to reduce the number of registered nurses working in facilities throughout Central Newfoundland. Facilities in the following communities will be impacted: Brookfield, Botwood, Springdale, Twillingate, Harbour Breton, Baie Verte, Fogo, Gander (Lakeside Homes), Grand Falls-Windsor (Carmelite House), and...
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Winnipeg Free Press
Friday, Aug 3 2012
Hospitals over-crowded, under-staffedby Linda Silas
The premiers health care innovation working group released its first report last week to polite applause. Baby steps, low-hanging fruit, motherhood and apple pie are all words that have been used to describe the initial efforts of premiers to collaborate on health care without Ottawa herding the cats.
Those of us clapping loudly are trying to...
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Friday, Aug 3 2012
Federal Budget 2013:A Virtuous Circle – Healthy Population and a Healthy EconomyCFNU submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
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Tuesday, Feb 21 2012
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Tuesday, Feb 21 2012
Right now every province is crying poor," adds Linda Silas, president of Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions.
The provinces of British Columbia and Ontario are the hardest hit, says Silas, with overcapacity being a big issue.
"They're working short," Silas says. "There are patients in hallways, bathrooms, wherever, because the No. 1 issue right now is workload....
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The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA)
Thursday, Feb 16 2012
Media Release
Ontario Nurses Say Health Care Changes Must Benefit Patients
February 15, 2012
TORONTO—The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) will meet with government to discuss any recommendations contained in the just-released Drummond Report that will impact on health outcomes for patients and the working conditions for RNs.
In its first analysis of the report, ONA found some...
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CFNU
Friday, Jan 27 2012
Silas comments on new CIHI numbers
The latest Canadian Institute for Health Information data shows that the total number of RNs and LPNs in the country continues to rise. Hopefully, this trend will continue or even accelerate so that we can reclaim the nurse to population ratio we had in the early 1990s. This becomes all the more important as the average age of nurses continues to increase...
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CBC News
Monday, Sep 19 2011
Calgary nurse shortage predicted
Calgary could face a shortage of nurses by 2012, documents suggest, just as the city's new billion-dollar hospital is set to open.Internal Alberta Health Services documents obtained by the CBC predict a shortage of nearly 2,000 nurses in Calgary by next year, causing concern for the city's new $1.3-billion South Calgary Health Campus that is set to open in...
