By Brian Owens, The Courier The Municipal District of St. Stephen will consider adding scholarships for medical students to its recently created medical professionals recruitment incentives. Alyssa Long, executive director of the New Brunswick Medical Education Foundation, presented the foundation’s medical scholarship program to council last week, as a potential way to alleviate the town’s […]
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New Brunswick is moving to end a travel nurse contract between the Vitalité Health Network and Canadian Health Labs (CHL). The Holt government introduced legislation on Wednesday that, if passed, would cancel the controversial deal. Health Minister John Dornan said the contract is “unfair to taxpayers” and has a “significant impact” on the overall health […]
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New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says nurses signing on to a new contract will receive a $10,000 signing bonus as part of an effort to recruit and retain more to the health care professionals. Holt announced on Tuesday that 9,950 nurses will receive the incentive, as a one-time payment. It was one of Liberal’s campaign […]
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