New report suggests PEI needs at least 1,200 more health care workers by 2032

A new report is forecasting that PEI will need at least 12-hundred more health care workers by 2032.  That report comes from Halifax-based health-care consulting firm Health Intelligence, which says its forecast is based on the province’s plan to reform the health-system by adding more nurses, doctors and pharmacists to the network.  It says the province would only need 245 more health workers over the same period should the government implement a less ambitious reform.  The report says much of the health burden in the province is caused by cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic pulmonary disease, and diabetes.