Interesting! Our main hospital went from 24/7 coverage last year to 2 chaplains offering daytime coverage during the weekday, and I know others did the same. And, the rural/remote CPE could do so much good and could provide some additional income for local folks (part time / per diem roles).

Well, the health region here closed a bunch of their CPE training places and we also lost a couple mainline schools that were involved in local training so there was kind of a deficit going into Covid, and then the nursing staff realized how much value chaplains bring, so now it’s correction time.