{"id":294606,"date":"2025-11-20T03:10:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T03:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/294606\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T03:10:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T03:10:33","slug":"saskatchewan-signs-first-contracts-with-nurse-practitioners-to-expand-primary-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/294606\/","title":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan signs first contracts with nurse practitioners to expand primary care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Saskatchewan\u2019s government has signed its first contracts with nurse practitioners to expand primary care.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762614923_240_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill says the 19 new contracts will help patients get medical care sooner and closer to their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Nurse practitioners can perform many tasks similar to family doctors, such as diagnosing and treating illnesses, prescribing medications and providing referrals to specialists.<\/p>\n<p>Cockrill says each contract costs the province at least $233,000, and they will work in cities and towns.<\/p>\n<p>He says the province plans to provide more contracts in the future, with 25 to be signed in the next two months.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/healthiq.jpg\" alt=\"Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet weekly health news<\/p>\n<p>Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Hanna Latina, a nurse practitioner who signed a deal with the province, says it allows her to offer thorough care without having to charge patients.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The clinic in\u00a0Regina\u00a0where Latina works, NPower+ Health, was previously billing fees for care because it had no contract with the province.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s truly a meaningful step forward because it strengthens the access to high quality, consistent care,\u201d she said at a news conference Monday. \u201cAll this leads to better, more holistic and healthier outcomes for our patients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11531238\/family-dead-istanbul-tourists-poison-investigation-hotel\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763608232_528_hotel-poison-turkey.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" 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said.<\/p>\n<p>Cockrill said the province wants everyone to have a primary health provider by 2028.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe patients that I have spoken with that see a nurse practitioner \u2026 say they are very well served and receive services,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more we can strengthen the primary care options available to patients around the province, that\u2019s what is going to lessen the load on the acute care settings, the emergency rooms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Politics<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size Saskatchewan\u2019s government has signed its first contracts with nurse 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