Healthcare news · from Hospital News
Short briefs on what is changing in healthcare in Manitoba and across Canada, collected from official bodies and news outlets, each linked to its original source.
Showing briefs from Hospital News only.Show all sources
Summaries are written automatically by AI from each source’s published text. They can contain mistakes. Always check the original before acting. How this works
A Statistics Canada report shows registered nursing employment grew by over 100,000 positions since 2019. Despite this growth, vacancy rates remain high, particularly for licensed practical nurses, and inflation-adjusted wages for many nursing roles have declined since 2019.
News source: Hospital News (opens in a new tab)
Federal, provincial, and territorial health ministers met in Winnipeg on October 16, 2026, to discuss healthcare system reforms. Key priorities included improving workforce mobility for internationally educated professionals, advancing national public health data sharing, and ensuring the sustainability of long-term funding for rare disease treatments and community care services.
Why it matters: Ministers are working to streamline pathways for internationally educated health professionals to practice in Canada.
News source: Hospital News (opens in a new tab)