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Achieving universal health coverage and sustainable development goals by 2030

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We used data from National Health Workforce Account 2018, Periodic Labour Force Survey 2018–19, population projection of Census of India, and government documents and reports. We distinguish between total stock of health professionals and active health workforce. We estimated current shortages in the health workforce using WHO and ILO recommended health worker:population ratio thresholds and extrapolated the supply of health

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RNAO’s Nursing Career Pathways calls for breaking barriers to support and retain Ontario’s nurses

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TORONTO,March 2, 2023/CNW/ –A strong and vibrant nursing workforce is the key to a well-functioning health system and a healthy population. To ensure the health and wellbeing of Ontarians, government must dedicate full attention to nursing and provide adequate and sustained funding and supports, argues a new report by the Registered Nurses’ Association ofOntario(RNAO). Released Thursday during RNAO’s 23rdannual Queen’sPark

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Health officials’ trip to Philippines finds 350 nurses, health-care aides who want work in Manitoba: minister

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Nearly 350 already trained health-care workers from the Philippines have been offered letters of intentafter a recruitment mission to the country last month, the Manitobahealth minister says. Audrey Gordon said the letters were given to nearly 190 registered nurses, 50 people who are the equivalent of licensed practical nurses and 110 health-care aides during the province’s five-day trip to Manila,

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Social Work Awarded $6M to Address Workforce Shortages in Critical Fields

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The UConn School of Nursing and the UConn School of Social Work (SSW) have been awarded more than $6 million through the new CT Health Horizons program to address statewide shortages in social work and nursing. The funding is fromCT Health Horizons, a higher education program designed to address statewide shortages in social work and nursing. Beginning this spring, and over three

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Texas nursing shortage leaves thousands of positions unfilled

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TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com)– Almost one out of every 10 hospitals in Texas is in danger of closing – that alarming statistic comes from the Texas Hospital Association, citing soaring expenses and historic workforce shortages. It is a crisis, they admit, that was brewing before the pandemic, then COVID pushed hospitals to the brink. “It was unexplainable how difficult it was

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Teaching hospitals are facing thousands of nursing vacancies

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Although hospitalizations due to COVID-19 have settled far below previous peaks, the pandemic’s ripple effects on the health care workforce continue to strain capacity at many teaching hospitals. Among the direst shortages is that of nursing staff. For example, at Ochsner Health, which runs 47 hospitals in the Gulf Coast region and is headquartered in New Orleans, a current shortage

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Listowel Wingham Hospitals Alliance continues to faces nursing shortages

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The Listowel Wingham Hospitals Alliance continues to face significant staffing challenges in clinical areas. The board of governors recently discussed the issue, as the alliance is experiencing a veryhigh number of long-term leaves, mostly consisting of maternity leaves. That has resulted in several temporary jobs to fill, but in the current employment environment, those temporary jobs are no longer attractive. The

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Local hospitals partner with UTC to address nursing shortage

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – In the fall of 2022, leaders from both UTC and our local hospitals came together to solve a nationwide issue. “It’s almost at a crisis, where they can’t open wards because they don’t have enough nurses,” Chancellor Angle said at the press conference. UTC’s response was to create an accelerated nursing degree program. This program enables

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