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MEDIA RELEASE Banff, October 1, 2014 - Today, leaders of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) and the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) showed provincial and territorial health leaders the inextricable link between safe staffing, patient safety and quality care. The meeting took place at a roundtable briefing held during federal, provincial and territorial health ministers’…

Canada could pay for the most critical medically necessary prescriptions for every single Canadian at little or no more cost to governments. By: Danielle Martin Steve Morgan Published on Mon Sep 29 2014; Toronto Star This week, health ministers from across Canada will gather in Banff to discuss issues of common interest and explore opportunities to work together.…

CFNU is donating $5,000 to Doctors Without Borders and $5,000 to Registered Nurses Response Network (RNRN) to fight the Ebola epidemic and to protect healthcare workers in affected countries. CFNU has a proud relationship with National Nurses United who sponsor the RNRN program and Doctors Without Borders has a long history of working in countries facing health crises with a great reputation of…

#nursing #skpoli #ptsafety It is well known that collective bargaining allows healthcare workers to achieve progress in areas such as compensation and working conditions, but the important role registered nursing unions play in improving patient safety and outcomes is often overlooked. In Canada, over 80% of registered nurses are unionized. This is the majority of the single largest group of…

The Ministry of Health released their 2013-2014 Annual Report on Monday, July 28, 2014, and given what SUN members have been telling Provincial for the past year the results are of little surprise.   The total number of Critical Incidents reported – 195 – is the largest since reporting began in 2005. This represents a 21.1% one-year increase over 2012-2013, and a 53.5%…