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March 22, 2024 – 7:30 AM
Interior Health is contracting out an increasing number of nursing jobs as its spending climbed to more than $30 million last year.
From 2017 to 2021, the health authority spent up to around $2 million per year on agency nurses. That jumped to nearly $8 million in 2022, according to figures obtained through a freedom of information request.
Interior Health then spent $33.5 million for agency nurses across the region in 2023.
BC Nurses’ Union president Adriane Gear