{"id":943383,"date":"2026-10-23T14:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/943383\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T14:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:30:11","slug":"health-authority-still-working-to-recruit-staff-for-urgent-care-clinic-in-mount-pearl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/943383\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Authority Still Working to Recruit Staff for Urgent Care Clinic in Mount Pearl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mount-pearl-urgent-care-west-hospital-8.png\" class=\"header-image\" alt=\"Health Authority Still Working to Recruit Staff for Urgent Care Clinic in Mount Pearl\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(VOCM News)<\/p>\n<p>NL Health Services is continuing to work on recruiting physicians and nurse practitioners to staff the Urgent Care Centre in Mount Pearl.<\/p>\n<p>The health authority was responding to NAPE President Jerry Earle, who says government needs a \u201creality check\u201d on the health care system.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201crosy\u201d picture government painted during a recent \u201cstate of the province\u201d address is what prompted the leader of the province\u2019s largest public sector union to chime in.<\/p>\n<p>Earle cited the largely vacant Urgent Care Clinic as an example of shortcomings in the system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNewfoundlanders and Labradorians are actually paying $100,000 a month\u2026for an empty building on the corner of Blackmarsh Road that should have been open six or nine months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/900\/files\/2026\/10\/urgent-care-west-mount-pearl-sign.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311995\" class=\" wp-image-311995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/urgent-care-west-mount-pearl-sign-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-311995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A piece of tape now covers the \u2018Urgent\u2019 portion of the the sign in the west end (VOCM News)<\/p>\n<p>NLHS says the Community Walk-In Clinic and Newcomer Health Clinic have operated out of the building since June, and effective October 5th, X-ray services will operate on the main level.<\/p>\n<p>The health authority says information on the opening of the Urgent Care Centre will be shared once it is finalized.<\/p>\n<p>Still a Ways to Go, Says Premier<\/p>\n<p>Premier Tony Wakeham says he understands NAPE\u2019s frustration with regards to the health care system.<\/p>\n<p>Wakeham says he has frustrations with the system too, after what he calls \u201c10 years of neglect\u201d by the former government.<\/p>\n<p>Wakeham admits that the health care system has \u201ca long way to go,\u201d but government is working on ways to recruit more people to fill vacant positions. 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