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Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services is looking to rent housing units across all health zones with an eye to location and new furnishings, but have no estimate of what it could cost.Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services is looking for 170 housing units, from studio apartments to family homes, for internationally recruited health-care professionals.
"We will be welcoming new health-care professionals to the province as they become available starting in January 2024 and will continue to require these services in areas throughout the province as recruitment efforts continue," stated the request for supplier qualifications document. "We expect the minimum number of units required per health zone as outlined below but these could change based on recruitment outcomes," stated the document.CBC News reached out to the health authority for an interview but spokesperson Mikaela Etchegary sent a statement instead, which reiterated the information contained in the request for supplier qualifications.
In an email to CBC News, Coffey said recruitment must be paired with "robust support" for recruitment efforts to succeed. Without support, internationally recruited health-care workers face challenges, as do health-care workers in general. She said these housing units could be used for a travel locum pilot program in Labrador, which came out of a nursing think tank in 2022. Coffey added she'd like to see that initiative expanded into rural and other remote areas.
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