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MEDIA RELEASE: Frontline Health-Care Professionals Say Staffing, Workload, Morale Not Improving; Getting Worse
Read Article: MEDIA RELEASE: Frontline Health-Care Professionals Say Staffing, Workload, Morale Not Improving; Getting WorseFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — JANUARY 23, 2025 A new survey of more than 1,400 frontline allied health-care professionals reveals staffing, workload and morale worsened in 2024. The Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals (MAHCP) conducted the online survey in December 2024 as a follow-up to a more extensive survey of its members conducted in May…
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Happy Holidays to all our members from the MAHCP team
Read Article: Happy Holidays to all our members from the MAHCP teamOn behalf of the staff and Executive Council of the Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals, happy holidays to you and yours! 2024 has been noteworthy for MAHCP’s membership in so many ways. Here are just a few highlights: While we understand that change takes time, we are still waiting for tangible positive outcomes to show from…
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Meet Emma: Rehabilitation Counsellor
Read Article: Meet Emma: Rehabilitation CounsellorEmma Mercer started her career in health-care eight years ago working on a crisis line. Over time, her role shifted to involve more in-person support, and she developed a love for group therapy and seeing her clients shift and change.
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2024 Annual General Meeting Recap
Read Article: 2024 Annual General Meeting RecapMessage from the President On behalf of all MAHCP council and staff, thank you to all members who attended our 2024 Annual General Meeting on October 17. I’ve put together a brief overview of MAHCP’s activities over the past year, as well as a few meeting highlights for those who could not attend. I am…
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MAHCP responds to CIHI ER wait times report
Read Article: MAHCP responds to CIHI ER wait times reportManitobans are now waiting longer in emergency rooms than almost anywhere else in Canada, according to a CIHI report released this week. That’s the wrong direction, but it’s not surprising given the lack of fundamental change frontline health care professionals have seen. On behalf of our 7,000 specialized members, MAHCP is calling on our provincial…
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MAHCP participates in labour-driven public safety summit
Read Article: MAHCP participates in labour-driven public safety summitOn July 22, MAHCP participated in a follow-up roundtable to Premier Wab Kinew’s April 30, full-day Public Safety Summit. Hosted by Honourable Matt Wiebe, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, this 90-minute session invited representatives from the labour movement to continue the discussion on Manitoba’s social challenges, with the goal to generate recommendations to mitigate…
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MAHCP President & Premier Kinew talk allied health in Halifax
Read Article: MAHCP President & Premier Kinew talk allied health in HalifaxMAHCP President Jason Linklater, Executive Director Keely Richmond and Senior Labour Relations Officer Cory Szczepanski met with Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew in Nova Scotia during July 2024’s Council of the Federation meeting to advocate for allied health. Premier Kinew was taking part in his first annual Premiers’ Meeting, while MAHCP representatives were participating in National…
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Meet Linda, Dental Hygienist: Bringing smiles to children of all ages
Read Article: Meet Linda, Dental Hygienist: Bringing smiles to children of all agesLinda P., Senior Dental Hygienist with WRHA’s S.M.I.L.E plus Children’s Dental Program, clearly cares about oral hygiene. She’s made a 35-year career out of helping to instill positive lifelong practices among children and providing dental care to those who may not have been able to afford it otherwise. “S.M.I.L.E plus stands for ‘Saving Mouths in…
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Two-thirds of allied health professionals thinking of leaving their job
Read Article: Two-thirds of allied health professionals thinking of leaving their jobSpecialized allied health plagued by burnout, high workloads and continued staffing shortages, according to recent MAHCP member survey FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – JUNE 26, 2024 TREATY 1, WINNIPEG — Two in three (65%) allied health professionals working in Manitoba’s public health-care system have seriously considered leaving their job in the past year, according to a…
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Meet Kristine Pederson: One-half of all Manitoba’s Neuromonitorists
Read Article: Meet Kristine Pederson: One-half of all Manitoba’s NeuromonitoristsIf you don’t work in the health-care system, and maybe even if you do, but you don’t work in the OR, IOM Technologist is likely one of those jobs you don’t know exists. As an Intra-Operative Neurosurgical Monitoring Technologist, or neuromonitorist for short, Kristine Pederson ensures a patient’s nervous system remains functional during complex and…
