Nearly 1,400 U.S. healthcare workers apply to work in B.C. in 4 months

The provincial government is continuing to see U.S. health-care workers head north – and south – for work in B.C.

Health Minister Josie Osborne said that in four months, nearly 1,400 applications have been received from American health-care practitioners looking to work in B.C. The province says that number has doubled since May .

She added that more than 2,950 U.S. health-care workers have also "expressed strong interest" in relocating to B.C.

Osborne said 140 health-care workers have accepted jobs in B.C. That included eight allied health professionals, 80 nurses, 16 nurse practitioners and 38 doctors.

"Here we are in September, and we've seen 140 jobs accepted is good, so it bodes well," Osborne said, providing the update in Victoria on Monday (Sept. 22), alongside a doctor who mo