Health Recruitment Remains Hot Topic for Gov't, Opposition

Province provides update, reports progress on Sask. health-care recruitment

Minister of Health, Jeremy Cockrill, speaks to reporters at the Saskatchewan Healthcare Recruitment Agency (SHRA) office in Saskatoon on July 28, 2026. He tells the media that 7,500 health-care workers have been recruited to Saskatchewan since 2022. (Image Credit: Libby Gray/650 CKOM)

More than 700 doctors have been hired in Saskatchewan - but how many left?

The province says it’s making progress in bolstering its health-care workforce, while the NDP is calling for the health minister to use his authority to end the labour dispute.

Health recruitment remains hot topic for gov’t, opposition

SASKATOON — The provincial government and the Opposition has again clashed on the issue of health care recruitment in the province, with the former patting itself on the back for hiring additional health care workers, including doctors from the U.S., while the latter says it is not enough to address the staffing shortages and burnout felt by frontline workers. This has been an ongoing political issue for both sides and has become a battleground …

Health recruitment remains hot topic for gov't, opposition

Healthcare remains a major battleground issue for the Saskatchewan Party-led government and the provincial NDP.

More than 700 doctors recruited from out of province since 2022: Sask. government

The province says 7,500 health care professionals have come to Saskatchewan since the government launched its Health Human Resource Action Plan in 2022.

Saskatchewan says health-care recruitment plan paying off, opposition questions results

Saskatchewan's health ministry says its recruitment campaign to attract international healthcare workers brought over 7,500 workers to the province over the last four years.