No timeline for Regina Urgent Care Centre to launch 24-7 service despite fall promise

Usage rates astatine the Regina Urgent Care Centre person climbed continuously since the installation opened successful July, but the Saskatchewan Health Authority has yet to motorboat a promised 24-7 service.

When the centre was opened, the SHA acceptable hours from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., saying that the centre would modulation to 24-7 attraction successful the fall. As of Nov. 18, they are yet to marque the change.

“This is the aforesaid aged Sask. Party playbook from the aforesaid aged Sask. Party,” said Meara Conway, Saskatchewan NDP shadiness curate for agrarian and distant health. “They accidental 1 happening earlier the predetermination and past bash another.

“Like galore residents of this city, I’m precise disappointed but not amazed that the Sask. Party can’t get this installation afloat staffed up. This authorities isn’t listening to healthcare workers and is driving them retired of the state successful droves.”

Conway said occupation postings connected the SaskDocs websites amusement the centre is successful request of specialists and household doctors.

The SHA said much than 15,500 patients person been treated astatine the urgent attraction centre since it opened and unit spot 114 patients a time connected average.

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“The SHA and Ministry of Health are presently assessing the archetypal fewer months of Urgent Care Centre operations,” SHA said successful a statement.

“This volition found a amended knowing of the interaction of the UCC connected wide strategy capacity, and enactment aboriginal readying for indispensable doc sum and staffing levels to conscionable diligent volumes.

“This volition besides assistance america successful determining erstwhile enlargement to 24 hr per time operations volition occur.”

SHA said until that time, hours volition stay the aforesaid and that recruitment efforts for unfilled positions volition continue.