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Ontario is setting up the health-care disasters of the next decade

WebApr 19, 2024. A document obtained by the Canadian Press show that Ontario’s LTC minister was warned that the province was short 37,700 PSWs and 13,200 nurses. (Globe and …

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A collapsing health-care system is Ontario’s real ‘new normal’

WebThe one I opened immediately was the report on the state of Ontario’s emergency rooms. My family recent had a health scare (ultimately, a minor one that was happily and swiftly …

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Health care is the Ontario government’s job one. Shouldn’t they …

WebHealth care is the provincial government’s single biggest expense. In the 2023 budget, the broadly defined “health sector” accounted for $81 billion of the total …

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Federal government signs $3.1 billion health-accord deal with …

WebBy Allison Jones. Ontario will spend $3.1 billion in federal health-care funding on increasing access to family doctors, reducing backlogs, and adding more health-care workers, the …

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Ontario may not meet LTC direct-care target due to staff …

WebOther "allied health professional" staff who work in long-term-care homes, such as physiotherapists, dietitians, and recreational staff, are also in short supply, said Levin …

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Bill 124 is no more: Good riddance to bad legislation

WebAfter years of aggressively defending the law in the face of backlash from health-care providers and the labour movement in this province, Ontario finally repealed it last week. …

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Is Ontario going to be the ‘giant sucking sound’ of Canadian …

WebThe government’s latest health-care reform has lots of pieces that may fail or simply enrage its critics. The elements of Bill 60, the Your Health Act that are most likely …

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‘More complicated than many realize’: An infectious-disease …

WebThe health-care system is staffed by some incredible folks, but there are challenges in terms of dealing with older demographics and the system’s overall capacity. We …

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Prioritize disadvantaged people for primary care and screening …

WebStigmatization related to mental-health conditions, substance use, HIV, and other infectious diseases is (also) a barrier to care," it said. The paper calls for …

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Ontario hospitals warn of patient surges, long wait times

WebOntario Liberal health critic Adil Shamji said what is unique about Ontario's situation is a "vacuum of leadership." "This government shares a problem that many other provinces …

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‘Not a fair system’: A family doctor on the crisis in primary care

WebAnd family medicine is being defunded over time. Access to care is already not acceptable. For all our talk about a universal health-care system, in Ontario, we …

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Ontario’s doctors want more surgeries done outside hospitals

WebRose Zacharias: First of all, these integrated ambulatory centres would operate within our single-payer, publicly funded health-care system. And, yet, they would …

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Mental-health minister says 'safer supply' drug concerns rooted in

WebThat reality would be the country's skyrocketing number of overdose deaths. The Public Health Agency of Canada said drug overdoses killed an average of 23 …

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‘We’re not looking for placebo policy’: Health fix will take time

WebBut doctors, nurses, and other health advocates say the crisis is only getting worse. News. Health ‘We’re not looking for placebo policy’: Health fix will take time, minister says. …

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The provinces have failed. Canada needs nationalized health care

WebIt is worth remembering that health-care spending during his time in office did not increase in real terms, that 25,000 health-care workers were shown the door (at …

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Ontario preparing for next step in private clinic expansion

WebHealth Minister Sylvia Jones says the expansion will allow more procedures to be performed and reduce wait times, and patients will never have to pay out of pocket for OHIP-insured …

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Everything we know (so far) about the Canadian Dental Care Plan

WebThe long-awaited Canadian Dental Care Plan is accepting its first wave of applications this month. By the end of 2025, as many as 9 million previously-uninsured …

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The unfilled GP residency spots of today are the full-blown crises …

WebMar 25, 2024. Of the 560 family medicine positions offered up by the province’s resident-matching service, 108 went unfilled. (SDI Productions/iStock) It’s not every day you get …

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On MAID, the federal government has made a mockery of the …

WebOn February 1, Health Minister Mark Holland and newly appointed justice minister Arif Virani tabled Bill C-62, postponing the possibility of MAID for mental illness …

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Inside the fight to reform Indigenous health education in Canadian

WebThe 24th Call to Action urged Canadian medical and nursing schools to develop a course addressing Indigenous health issues, teachings and practices, and the legacy of …

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When ‘birth tourism’ isn’t a rounding error, it’s often a misnomer

WebThe number of non-resident births in Canada grew steadily since 2008, to a peak of 5,700 in 2019. COVID travel restrictions drastically reduced that number, but it …

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Symbols matter — but what trans communities in Ontario need is …

WebHealth care in Ontario won’t be restricted in the same ways it will be in Alberta, but many trans youth experience discrimination in doctors’ offices and barriers in …

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