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[Leader Post] Twenty staff on the adult mental health unit at Regina General Hospital — including seven registered psychiatric nurses — will be receiving layoff notices. The layoffs are a result of an audit done to align staffing with the needs of the unit, said Keith Dewar, CEO of the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region. To more effectively use resources, staff will…

[CTV Regina]  The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses says patient care could suffer as jobs are cut in the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region, specifically in mental health. A memo provided to nurses by the health region says a review found the mental-health services at Regina General Hospital had too many positions and "continuing to operate this way is not sustainable." It says…

[Global Regina]  The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses is raising concerns about patient care as jobs are cut in the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region. The union says 20 employees are losing their jobs, including 11 registered nurses and the majority are registered psychiatric nurses. A memo provided to nurses by the health region specifically says a review found the mental…

Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region previously announced they were anticipating job losses Twenty people are losing their jobs with the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region, according to the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN). Earlier this month, officials from the health region announced they were anticipating job losses, but they were not sure exactly how many people would receive a…

On behalf of SUN’s Board of Directors, almost 10,000 registered nurses in Saskatchewan and the people of the province, the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) has submitted their response to the Advisory Panel on Health System Structure on September 26, 2016. As the single largest group of direct patient care providers in the system, SUN believes the province’s frontline registered…