Robust federal leadership needed for health workforce data collection and planning

We need an integrated national plan based on robust data that includes regulators working alongside provincial governments.

Regulatory bodies are uniquely positioned to provide critical workforce data, and with proper support they can play a pivotal role in addressing Canada's health-care provider shortages, write Sophia Myles and Elizabeth Wenghofer. Pexels photograph by EVG Kowalievsk

Opinion

BY SOPHIA MYLES, ELIZABETH WENGHOFER

February 12, 2025

Health-care professional shortages currently top the list when reading media reports on Canadian health care. But the best way to tackle the shortages—which affect every part of the country—is mired in a data and planning crisis.

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