Watt says QCH nursing cuts will hurt patient care

Nepean MPP Tyler Watt says he has written to Health Minister Sylvia Jones after Queensway Carleton Hospital announced workforce reductions tied to financial pressures. Watt’s July 8 statement says QCH announced layoffs of 87 registered nurses, and argues the cuts will affect frontline workers and patient care at a hospital used by many Barrhaven and South Nepean families. The Bugle is treating this as a representative-and-health-care accountability item: the source is Watt’s statement, and no individual staff or patients are named.