Health Ministers Wrap up Meetings in PEI With a Plan to Grow the Health Workforce

Health Ministers Wrap up Meetings in PEI With a Plan to Grow the Health Workforce
Federal Health Minister Mark Holland rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 25, 2023. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
The Canadian Press
Updated:
0:00

The federal health minister says Canada intends to tackle its health workforce shortages by making it easier for nurses and doctors to practice in other provinces, streamlining credentials for internationally-trained health workers and through a new nursing retention program.

Mark Holland shared the strategies as he wrapped up two days of meetings with his provincial and territorial health minister counterparts in Prince Edward Island Thursday.