A group representing nurse practitioners in New Brunswick says some of its members are being forced to leave primary care practices to fill staff shortages at the Campbellton Regional Hospital, leaving their own patients at risk.
Vitalité Health Network says its necessary to maintain critical care services in Campbellton
Katelin Belliveau · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 19, 2026 4:42 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
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Nurse practitioners are being pulled from primary care practices in the northern part of New Brunswick to fill vacancies left in the Campbellton Regional Hosptial’s emergency room department. (Radio-Canada)
Nurse practitioners in northern New Brunswick are being forcefully pulled from their primary care positions to an emergency department in need of staff, leaving their patients at risk.
That’s according to Nurse Practitioners of New Brunswick, who are calling on Vitalité Health Network and the province in a recent statement to stop the change and to consider the impact on primary care services.
“It puts the patients in great jeopardy,” said Sharon Hamilton, the president of the group, “as well as putting the nurse practitioner … their licence in jeopardy because they have a legal obligation to their patients.”
The statement,
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