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Today, October 7th, 2021, the Government of Saskatchewan announced the creation of a Provincial Emergency Operations Centre (PEOC) led by the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) to centralize and lead the emergency management response to COVID-19. The stated intent of the PEOC is to better support a coordinated response to the pressures on the province’s…

The Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Health Care Worker (HCW) Hotline (1-833-233-4403) has been reinstated and will start receiving calls as of Wednesday, Sept. 29. Calls to the hotline will be answered Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 16:30 hours. For questions that do not require a same-day answer, staff and physicians can email the OHS HCW Hotline email address at…

At 1650 on Monday, September 13, 2021, the Ministry of Health issued a news release announcing a new Provincial Emergency Order had been issued. Through a Minister's Order under The Emergency Planning Act, the Government of Saskatchewan is re-enacting the Letter of Understanding that had been in effect until August 8,…

SUN maintains its position that the collective bargaining agreement contains ample provisions to provide needed flexibility of staffing, provided the provisions are applied in connection with a service slowdown. SUN is scheduled to discuss managing human health resource demands and the SHA's plans for service slowdown and has been in frequent…

On September 2, 2021, SUN held Member Information Sessions regarding the Health Human Resource Challenges and COVID-19.  The recent upward trend in positive COVID-19 cases has created significant challenges for SUN members given the unprecedented demands on the healthcare system on top of the effects of all that has occurred over the past 17…