Eastern Health is facing a nearly 45 per cent vacancy rate in psychology positions after a “mass exodus” of specialists for private practice. Some psychologists say the Newfoundland and Labrador government and health authority were warned it would happen but failed to rectify long-standing issues.
CBC News spoke with several psychologists — both on the record, and on background — who have left their jobs with the health authority for the private sector.
The demand for psychologists in the eastern region has grown so much, they say, that even private practice clinics have few appointments to spare, adding it’s the patients who
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