N.W.T. health authority bumps pay for locum physicians in response to staffing crisis
CBC
The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority is increasing the amount it pays locum physicians.
On top of the bump to locum's daily pay rate, the health authority is creating a premium for night shifts, a travel stipend and launching a program to incentivize long-term locums. That program gives a bonus to locum physicians who provide 75 or more clinical service days on site in the N.W.T.
The changes come into effect June 1. The authority announced them in a news release Wednesday night, saying it's part of "ongoing efforts to enhance recruitment and retention of physicians."
The announcement follows warnings from some doctors who said staffing was at a crisis point, and that the territory needed to increase pay for locum doctors to keep the emergency room staffed for the next four to five months.
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