{"id":6485,"date":"2024-03-08T16:50:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T19:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=6485"},"modified":"2024-03-08T16:51:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T19:51:41","slug":"healthcare-retention-and-recruitment-support-funding-in-pictou-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/healthcare-retention-and-recruitment-support-funding-in-pictou-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare Retention and Recruitment Support Funding for Pictou County."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new website, monthly events and radio promotions about community activities are some of the proposed projects to welcome healthcare workers and their families to Pictou County. The projects are designed to address barriers and foster a sense of community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two organizations that focus on team building and newcomer settlement projects will receive funding for those activities and more through the Office of Healthcare Professionals Recruitment (OHPR) Community Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur communities know best how to promote themselves and connect successfully with new healthcare workers and their families to help them settle,\u201d said Premier Tim Houston. \u201cThese Community Fund projects offer a variety of creative ways Pictou County is embracing healthcare newcomers and letting them know they\u2019re valued here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two organizations, their projects and funding amounts are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Healthy Pictou County \u2014$86,699 to create a new strategic five-year plan, redesign its website, host regular \u201cNew to the Crew\u201d monthly socials for healthcare workers and their families, and plan social events featuring local musicians.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pictou County Partnership \u2014$54,097 to create welcoming community radio spots to share local activities and event news for newcomers, and to add welcome kits and other support materials to the settlement resource library.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, 30 organizations across the province will receive support through the OHPR Community Fund this year. More details will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fund, established in 2022, is an action item in Action for Health, the government\u2019s plan to improve healthcare. It supports community healthcare recruitment and retention initiatives organized by local non-profit organizations, charity community groups, cultural organizations, member-based organizations and boards, municipalities and chambers of commerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>https:\/\/news.novascotia.ca\/media\/oembed?url=https%3A\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch%3Fv%3DgnnNinZnP1I%26list%3DPLwLZ9YtgHtLA72-bcQpgiYlqcQrzT4BgG%26index%3D19&#038;max_width=0&#038;max_height=0&#038;hash=XktEHx07cb8a84cLnB5lXZDcgil-m3kxhc6OCK3YQgA&#038;blazy=1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quotes:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhether it\u2019s updating our website, organizing welcome kits or social events, we know our Pictou County community is ready and willing to embrace newcomers, especially healthcare workers, who are so appreciated. This funding goes a long way toward realizing our ideas for ways to make Nova Scotia feel like home.\u201d<br><em>\u2014 Murray Hill, Chair, Healthy Pictou County<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have lots of work to do to prepare our community and effectively welcome and help settle new healthcare workers here. This funding from the province lets our community get going on several action items from our wish list that will showcase our strengths and the many reasons we love our Pictou County home. Working together through collaboration and cooperation, we\u2019ll be well prepared to welcome and settle newcomers here, so they\u2019ll feel that connection, too.\u201d<br><em>\u2014 Ryan Fraser, Chair, Pictou County Partnership<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quick Facts:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the OHPR Community Fund supported 28 community-led recruitment and retention initiatives in 2022-23, investing more than $1.5 million into a range of projects, including healthcare worker recognition events, online support tools, marketing videos and even a community garden.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : Provincial Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new website, monthly events and radio promotions about community activities are some of the proposed projects to welcome healthcare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6485"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6487,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6485\/revisions\/6487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}