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Costly use of travel nurses lands at foot of assistant deputy minister

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At a municipalities conference in St. John’s, health department ADM and family doctor Megan Hayes said 239 nurses have been hired since April 2023. However, she was pressed on the issue of travel nurses — which are private agency nurses that have cost taxpayers $100 million this year — who are paid more than nurses employed by the N.L. health authorities for the same work.

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