By Stephanie Froese

Surplus for health region expected to hold

Mar 10, 2011 | 5:24 AM

After years of financial struggle, the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region is looking at a significant increase in revenue.

The health region is forecasting a yearend surplus of approximately $948,000.

That total is dependent on any additional revenue or expenses that would be higher than anticipated prior to the end of the fiscal year, on Mar. 31.

The health region was already ahead of the game in January when they reported a surplus of $689,454 for the month. According to Cecile Hunt, CEO of the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region, the surplus for that month was largely due to retro pay for their CUPE employees.

Hunt said she is feeling very confident that the surplus will hold, but some extra financial padding doesn’t mean they are out of the woods yet. The Health Region delivers a large amount of services to a large population and is the third most populous region behind Saskatoon and Regina.

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Despite a surplus, Hunt said the region continues to experience pressures around staffing, the need to provide timely services and the sometimes unavoidable allotment of overtime.

“Thanks to the provincial government we have had a significant increase in our revenues and that has really assisted us in balancing our programs with our revenues, but I also think this surplus is also in part to a lot of the good work from our staff and our management team around looking at our wage driven premiums, our work place safety and our sick time.”

Hunt said there has been a lot of concentrated effort in those categories and she said she thinks it’s been successful.

sfroese@panow.com