Auditor general finds Nunavut’s support of health-care workers lacking – CBC

Report includes 17 recommendations to improve health care in the territory

Mar 08, 2017

Nunavut’s health-care system suffers from major deficits in staff training and recruitment, says a report by the auditor general of Canada.

The audit, tabled in the Nunavut Legislature on Tuesday, determined that the Department of Health was failing to support staff at health centres across the territory and as a result Nunavummiut suffered.

“While the Department of Health had procedures for reviewing and improving the quality of health services, these procedures were seldom followed,” said James McKenzie, principal of the office of the auditor.

The report found that the department did not track incidents relating to patient care or staff safety and therefore could not identify trends or root causes.

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