Health P.E.I.'s CEO says while the Island has made "tremendous" gains in bringing in more health-care staff, it's still not enough — but "momentum" is building to put P.E.I. in a better position.

The theme throughout Melanie Fraser’s speech at Health P.E.I.’s annual general meeting was that the provincial health authority is gaining traction across the system, particularly when it comes to recruiting staff. The agency’s budget now exceeds $1 billion and is expected to continue climbing.

All provinces, however, are locked in a recruiting battle for the limited number of new health-care graduates in Canada.

A study published in January of this year through Health Canada showed that there are roughly 1,300 family physicians graduating each year in Canada, despite a national shortage of

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