Overview

• The audit found that the province spent more than $241 million on travel nurses from 11 private agencies between 2022 and 2024.
• Contracts have cost over $400,000 per nurse annually and flagged strong indications of potential billing fraud.
• One agency billed $91,000 for 81 weeks of electric vehicle rentals for out-of-province nurses and received over $545,000 for cars leased from an affiliated company.
• Auditors found no evidence that Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services assessed its nursing needs or set targets to reduce vacancies.
• Hanrahan’s report orders a comprehensive audit of all payments to the implicated agency to recover possible misspent public funds.