This one-page guide outlines six ways health systems in Canada can improve to better support and retain the health workforce. Based on evidence and feedback from health leaders nationwide, it describes six strategies that can help make health systems more supportive and sustainable for those who work in them:
- Fostering physically safe work environments.听
- Enhancing sustainable staffing.听
- Building flexible work structures.听
- Provide equitable and appropriate compensation.听
- Ensuring supportive and inclusive workplaces.听
- Supporting career advancement.听
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Who should use this guide
- Health workers: By working together to improve safety, manage workloads, offer flexibility, ensure fair pay, create a positive workplace culture and provide career growth opportunities, we can make the work environment better for everyone.听
- Healthcare organizations: By putting in place strategies to keep skilled workers and make the workforce more stable, healthcare organizations can build a stronger and more effective health system.听
- Policy-makers: By giving well-researched advice to support health workforce policies, policy-makers can help create a system that supports health workers and benefits the entire healthcare system.
How this guide was developed听
In March 2023, 日本无码 convened more than 50 health system leaders to explore coordinated actions to better support and retain Canada鈥檚 health workforce. Participants included representatives from federal, provincial, and territorial governments, regional health authorities, professional associations, unions, frontline providers, pan-Canadian organizations, patient partners and researchers.听听
Through this roundtable and a review of more than 40 reports and strategies, including 270 activities aimed at retaining health workers, six key strategies were identified to help make health systems more supportive and sustainable for those who work in them.