BC NDP
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Launch an accelerated "bridging to practice" training programme for qualified international medical graduates already living in BC
"Fast-tracking for international graduates living in B.C.: Launch an accelerated "bridging to practice" training program for qualified international medical graduates already living in B.C. but unable to practice family medicine because of a lack of residency seats." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
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Add 1,000 training seats for nurses, nurse practitioners, allied health workers, and care aides
"Training health care workers: Add 1,000 training seats for nurses, nurse practitioners, allied health workers and care aides, including a 20% increase in nursing seats." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
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Cap fees and hours for agency nurses, and prevent people from working as agency nurses in the same hospital where they were recently employed
"Phase out expensive agency nurses: Over the next three years, eliminate hospital reliance on costly private temp agencies by capping fees and hours and preventing people from working as agency nurses in the same hospital where they were recently employed. Redirect savings to rural travel nurse programs." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-13
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Triple the US health care recruitment campaign by expanding outreach into Republican states that restrict reproductive care
"Triple the targeted U.S. health care recruitment campaign, expanding outreach into “red states” where doctors and nurses are facing laws that restrict their ability to provide life-saving reproductive care.
Highlight a clear alternative for US health care professionals: a publicly funded health-care system where professionals can focus on caring for patients, not fighting with insurance companies in a private, for-profit system that can leave people facing catastrophic debt."
— bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-22
"Highlight job opportunities in high-need areas like cancer care, emergency departments, and rural communities." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-22
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Provide loan forgiveness and moving expense support to lure BC-trained healthcare professionals back from the States
"Target B.C.-trained health care professionals living and working in the U.S. with incentives such as loan forgiveness and moving expense support to bring them home." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-22
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Provide enhanced, day-to-day, one-on-one relational support for US healthcare workers and their families to ease their transition, licensing, and integration into BC
"Provide enhanced, day-to-day relational support for U.S. healthcare workers and their families, offering one-on-one navigation through Health Match BC to ease their transition, licensing, and integration into local B.C. communities." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-22
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Enshrine minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in law
"Eby also announced that a re-elected BC NDP will make sure nurses have more time with the people they care for by enshrining minimum nurse-to-patient ratios into law. He committed to continue working to implement ratios across the health care system – starting next with emergency rooms." — bcndp.ca, retrieved 2026-10-23