Saskatchewan Health Authority Head Office To Be Located in Saskatoon

“A number of locations for the head office were considered, and all would have been a good fit for the new health authority and the people of Saskatchewan,” Reiter said.  “Saskatoon will be the location of the head office because it is more centrally located in the province, is close to the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, and will be in close proximity to the new Children’s Hospital.”

While the head office space will be located in Saskatoon, jobs will continue to be located throughout Saskatchewan.  A distributed executive leadership model will be established with senior management in Regina, Prince Albert and Moose Jaw, and other major communities across the province.

The ministers also announced that the name of the new provincial organization will be ‘Saskatchewan Health Authority’.

“The new Saskatchewan Health Authority must have a strong connection to people and local communities,” Ottenbreit said.  “Management and support services will continue to be located across the province to support the delivery of high quality and consistent frontline health care services for Saskatchewan people, wherever they live.”

Work has already begun to build the Information Technology infrastructure to support the work of approximately 43,000 employees, including a website and network and email accounts.  The transition of the existing 12 regional health authorities to a single provincial health authority will increase efficiencies and reduce duplication in the health system.

The potential savings associated with amalgamation are currently estimated in the range of $10-20 million by 2018-19.

For more information on transition planning, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/transforming-health.

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For more information, contact:

Shirley Xie
Health
Regina
Phone: 306-787-4083
Email: shirley.xie@health.gov.sk.ca
Cell: 306-537-3594