Former health region ranked second lowest average sick days used
Before amalgamating into a single provincial health authority, the now former Prairie North Health Region cut down its average sick days per full time equivalent to the second lowest in Saskatchewan.
As of Dec. 4, Prairie North Health Region, along with the other 11 health regions, were brought together to create the Saskatchewan Health Authority. Before the amalgamation though, data was released which ranked PNHR as having the second lowest average sick hours missed per fulltime equivalent.
According to Vikki Smart, executive transition lead for primary health, the data was something the former health region took pride in.
“We have worked really hard over the last dozen years to get our average sick time down,” Smart said. “We had quite a blitz and were able to significantly reduce it.”