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Hundreds of health-care workers received notification this week that they will transition from Alberta Health Services to the newly launched Primary Care Alberta.Alberta Health Services staff were notified about the latest transition this week. It will take effect on Feb. 1, 2025. Hundreds of health-care workers received notification this week that they will transition from Alberta Health Services to a new agency overseeing primary care early in the new year.
"We are pleased to share that we have taken another step forward as the process to transfer positions from Alberta Health Services to Primary Care Alberta is now underway," a statement from the health minister's office said. "Obviously, there is a great deal of concern for the immediate and long-term implications for nurses, and other health-care workers, for the future of health-care services here in the province."Rollout for new acute care agency delayed as Alberta's health system overhaul continues
It's unclear, though, how many jobs will be available at AHS down the line. The province is effectively dismantling AHS and will relegate it to the role of hospital provider, answering to theKathy Howe, CEO of the Alberta Association of Nurses, said with so many unknowns she, too, is hearing from worried front-line staff"While the change is still necessary, I think the process has been really stressful on nurses at an already very stressful time.
HSAA president Mike Parker said his union wasn't consulted before it was informed the notices would be going out.
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