Health board apologizes for phishing staff with with bogus vacation day
"We acknowledge the approach taken in this particular exercise was not appropriate, and we sincerely apologize to employees, physicians, and union representatives," said Ron Johnson, interim CEO at NL Health Services. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); "We value the feedback and are reviewing how future awareness exercises are developed and communicated. "Nurses and other healthcare professionals have worked through enormous pressure over the last number of years, including ongoing staffing shortages, burnout, organizational restructuring, and the challenges connected to the rollout of CorCare.
- ▪"We acknowledge the approach taken in this particular exercise was not appropriate, and we sincerely apologize to employees, physicians, and union representatives," said Ron Johnson, interim CEO at NL Health Services.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); "We value the feedback and are reviewing how future awareness exercises are developed and communicated.
- ▪"Nurses and other healthcare professionals have worked through enormous pressure over the last number of years, including ongoing staffing shortages, burnout, organizational restructuring, and the challenges connected to the rollout of CorC
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