OPEN CALL: Special issue of Health Policy on the health workforce in Canada

Canada’s health system is facing an unprecedented crisis, which centres on its health workforce. One in six Canadians lacks a primary care provider, emergency room closures are commonplace, and clinicians are leaving the workforce at alarming rates, all while health needs surge in this post-pandemic era. Various stopgap measures are being used by government to tackle shortages, including recruitment of health professionals from other countries but without a coherent holistic approach or long-term plan.
In this unprecedented context, a special issue of Health Policy will focus on health workforce issues in Canada that are impacted by policy choices, at the local, provincial, regional or federal levels. Click here for additional details about this special call.