End of mandatory OT in hospitals part of Quebec’s plan to overhaul health-care system
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The reform for Quebec includes ending mandatory overtime in hospitals, delegating tasks to the private sector as well as giving more power to nurses, pharmacists and paramedics.
The Quebec government unveiled its plan to overhaul the health-care system Tuesday, which includes ending mandatory overtime in hospitals, delegating tasks to the private sector as well as giving more power to nurses, pharmacists and paramedics.
When it comes to mandatory overtime, the province wants to “eliminate once and for all this practice in the day-to-day management of operations.”
It plans to do that by boosting the number of health-care professionals with a recruitment blitz and speeding up training that is already underway.
The government will also collaborate with private medical clinics to reduce waiting lists for surgeries. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to longer wait times for operations in the province.
This prong of the plan is already in place with about 15 private clinics, according to the government. It says all costs are covered by the state.
“Thousands of patients waiting for more than six months for a minor one-day surgery were able to be operated on without it costing them a penny,” reads the province’s document outlining the plan.
That represents “14 per cent of the total surgical activity currently performed in Quebec.” The government says it hopes to increase this figure.
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