When a member of the general public goes to Maple Creek hospital for laboratory testing there is a good chance that they will get to wait for their results. Every single patient should be asking: ‘where are my test results being done’? Don’t be surprised when you learn that there is a delay associated with transporting the sample to another location.
While the CEO has indicated that the surplus generated by this health region does not come from any vacancies that remain unfilled within the SEIU-West bargaining unit, this is simply not the case. A part-time CLXT position was posted in September of 2010 – it was never filled and it has never been re-posted. We would like to know why union members are being stone-walled in their pleas to have this position filled. Over the last 6 months, there have been approximately 29 shifts where the staff have worked short. This causes a further increase in the wait time to collect the sample…so now you get to wait twice.
Another example is the elimination of a full time cook position at the Shaunavon Hospital and Care Centre. There were no applicants for this hard to recruit position, so it was replaced by 2 part time food service workers. This after a 4 hour FSW position had already been eliminated. We were told at the time, the 4 hours a day would be delegated within the facility to Activities, SCA, or the office. Neither of these departments has seen the extra 4 hours a day.
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