Western Manitoba health authority ordered to cut private nurse spending by 15%
A western Manitoba health authority has been ordered by the province to slash its spending on private nurses before early next year.
The provincial government told Prairie Mountain Health it must cut its private nursing costs by 15 per cent by March 2026, Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara said in a news release Wednesday.
The order is part of the province’s mission to invest in the health-care system and encourage more nurses to join the public system, Asagwara said in the release.
Last year, Manitoba banned public health providers from signing new contracts with private nursing agencies, issuing a request for proposals that would allow approved agencies to continue operating in the province.
That RFP has now closed, the province said, and proposals will be reviewed and evaluated beginning this week.
Premier Wab Kinew first announced the RFP in May, saying the province wanted more oversight over private nursing agencies.
Manitoba’s public health providers have held hundreds of contracts with over 70 private nursing agencies in the past, Asagwara said.
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