Fact Checks: Workload and Understaffing

FACT CHECKS:
	"Appropriate staffing mix" does not guarantee that there will be an appropriate number of care staff to provide safe care.
	The Government's own law that created the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) gives the Health Minister the responsibility, and the power to fix understaffing.
	Bringing private MRIs to Saskatoon is doubling down on a failed experiment. The government is neglecting opportunities to add more resources to, and make better use of, our public MRIs.
	Hands on care is important to residents, patients, and clients. Investing in Continuing Care Assistants (CCAs), who provide much of the hands on care, makes sense.
	According to Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) and Stats Canada, for hospital staff, compensation spending fell by 1.4% over the last two years. When you factor in population growth and inflation, the drop is almost 7%.
	Based on employer-supplied data from July 2019, the average CLXT wage in SK is 88% of the average CLXT in the other 3 western provinces. In other words, the average SK CLXT makes 12% less per hour than their colleagues in the other three western provinces (click to find out more).