I don't think that we have the right mix, and I'm not sure I have the answers to what the right mix should be. I think the message that we're trying to give today to the committee is that we need to review this very carefully, taking into consideration all of the professionals who work in the health system.
You were mentioning just a few seconds ago how many people have actually left because of their burnout, the whole bit. We did a survey with the Ontario Hospital Association in Ontario. In terms of all hospital staff, from 2020 to 2021, 45% of people have actually resigned. Of the nurses and RN specialty, we're looking at 71% of the nurses have resigned from 2020 to 2021. In service, which is the service that provides the service to physicians and nurses, about 40% have resigned from 2020 to 2021.
Clearly, there's a message inside the system that it's not working. A lot of people are leaving because they are burnt out. They see that the system is not changing and it's not getting any better.
My fear with this exercise that we're looking at is that if we don't look at the system as a whole first before starting to say, let's do this for the nurses, let's do this for the radiologists, let's do this.... I know there's a need across the board. I'm not being critical here, but if you address only the physicians and the nurses and you don't fix the system as a whole, you will not have done any good service to Canadians and to patient care. That's my view.