During the pandemic, a survey by Deloitte found 54 per cent of health-care workers said they had thought of leaving their jobs.
A member survey this May of Manitoba Association Health Care Professionals shows that number has grown to 65 per cent.
Vice President of the Association, Tanya Burnside from Thompson, shares more survey findings.
“70 percent of our members feels they don’t have the necessary resources and that same percentage don’t feel valued by their employer. It’s a clear indication that change needs to happen and it needs to happen now and not later in order to provide the best quality of health care we can.”
Burnside said 90 per cent of workers surveyed said the workload has greatly increased compared to five years ago.
They identify the main reason as being that the volume of work has grown, but staffing has not.
Hear more from Burnside and Jason Linklater, President of the Association, as they discuss the state of health care in Manitoba on Thompson Today at 12:40 and 5:10.
