Saskatchewan's Health Human Resources (HHR) Action Plan continues to strengthen the province's health care workforce, supported by the focused efforts of the Saskatchewan Healthcare Recruitment Agency (SHRA), the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) and Saskatchewan Cancer Agency.
The ongoing work of SHRA, SHA and other health partner agencies is directly advancing the province's Patients First Health Care Plan to ensure residents have access to high quality care close to home.
Since the launch of the HHR Action Plan in 2022, Saskatchewan has made significant progress in recruiting, training, incentivizing and retaining health care professionals in a highly competitive national and global market. More than 7,500 doctors, nurses and other health care professionals have joined the provincial health care system in the past four years.
"Our government is proud to welcome these highly skilled physicians, nurses and allied health professionals from across Canada and the world to our great province," Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill said. "I would like to thank the Saskatchewan Healthcare Recruitment Agency for all the work they have done to support our health care system. Through strong collaboration, we are steadily growing our health care workforce which puts patients first by ensuring the right care is available in the right place, at the right time."