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Ontario patient ombudsman sees 33% surge in complaints | CityNews Toronto https://bit.ly/3uhbqr4 #onthealth #PatientOmbudsman #CraigThompson #PrimaryCare #OntarioHospitals #FamilyDoctors #DNR #EmergencyDepartment #compassion #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

Doug Ford government paying for-profit clinic more than hospitals for OHIP-covered surgeries, documents show | CBC News https://bit.ly/3SBM2GF #OntarioHospitals #DoFo #OntHealth #Profit #OHIP #ForProfit #PrivateClincs #dougford #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

Ontario registered nurses soon able to prescribe birth control, travel medication | TVO Today https://bit.ly/3suhY56 #ONA #onthealth #RegisteredNurses #ScopeOfPractice #OHIP #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

The reality is that private clinics or not, Ontario doesn't have enough nurses and isn't paying them well enough.

Toronto mother calls for reversal of Bill 60 after nurses caring for her child move to private clinic | CityNews Toronto https://bit.ly/49i50YC #Nursing #ONA #HomeCare #onthealth #OHIP #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

Ontario launching infrastructure bank with $3B in public funding | TVO Today https://bit.ly/3MumCXC #OntarioInfrastructureBank #LongTermCare #onthealth #LTC #PublicTransit #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

Private clinics likely to increase wait times in Ontario, report suggests | CP24 https://bit.ly/3sqRgtU #onthealth #Privateclinics #surgeries #OHIP #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

Ontario plans to expand midwives' prescribing power | CityNews Toronto https://bit.ly/3MiHAse #OntarioMidwives #ScopeOfPractice #onthealth #Midwives #PrescribingPower #Prescriptions #OHIP #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

Increase in tick-borne illnesses directly linked to climate change: Ontario top doctor | Globalnews https://bit.ly/44rKBNr #LymeDisease #onthealth #CiimateChange #Ticks #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

Canadian-born family doctor struggles to come home through a wall of red tape | CBC News https://bit.ly/3XvMF4L #Doctors #HamOnt #UQueensland #FamilyDoctors #MCC #onthealth #NewSouthWales #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

Toronto gender-affirming clinic to privatize after OHIP cuts to virtual services | The Star https://bit.ly/3Ptx0RI #onthealth #2SLGBTQ #ForiaClinic #OntarioHealth #LGBTQ #GenderAffirmation #Surgery #OHIP #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

Quote of Note: Fort Erie residents speak out against changes to urgent care | TVO Today https://bit.ly/43Ve5mE #onthealth #NiagaraFalls #FortErie #OntarioHealth #UrgentCare #NiagaraHealth #NursingShortage #FortErieHealthcareSOS #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

99% of Ontario nursing homes now have air conditioning in residents’ rooms: minister | Globalnews https://bit.ly/43zGC1c #onthealth #LongTermCare #AirConditioning #Summer #ClimateChange #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

Rural Ontario hospitals brace for another summer of ER closures | CTV News https://bit.ly/3qnhCeU #OntarioHospitals #ERClosures #onthealth #NursingShortage #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

Why is a cottage country ER closing? Doctors say they’re baffled | The Star https://bit.ly/3Iiguj3 #Minden #HHHS #ERClosure #onthealth #HaliburtonHighlands #Doctors #OHIP #ER #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

Over $42K in wrongful fees charged to Ontario patients by clinics since 2018 | Globalnews https://bit.ly/42J0TR9 #onthealth #OHIP #MedicalBilling #Privatization #PrivateBilling #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

It’s hard enough finding a family doctor in Ontario. But over the last few years, the golden age of doctors from the 80s have started retiring.

It’s harder more than ever to find consistent, non-emergency medical care in this province.

What a shit show.

#healthcare #ontario #onthealth #toronto #mississauga

New data shows for-profit clinics charging significantly more for surgeries | CityNews Toronto https://bit.ly/42iemPZ #onthealth #OHIP #ForProfitSurgeries #Quebec #onpoli @onpoli @ontariogreens

Ontario changes eye exam eligibility for seniors, those with cataracts, other conditions | CBC News https://bit.ly/3LVp61B #onthealth #Seniors #OHIP #EyeExams #onpoli @onpoli @ontariogreens

Ontario to get rid of COVID-19 paid sick days, lift some measures at LTC homes https://bit.ly/3TDDxt5 #onthealth #COVID19 #LTC #PaidSickDays #onpoli @onpoli

Stevenson Memorial Hospital nurse layoffs at forefront of Queen's Park debate | CTV News https://bit.ly/3lx156l #onthealth #Alliston #OntarioHealth #StevensonMemorialHospital #OHIP #ONA #Nurses #onpoli @onpoli

Layoffs at Simcoe County hospital due to funding cuts spark concern for Ontario Nurses Assoc. | Globalnews https://bit.ly/42lYAnV #onthealth #Alliston #Layoffs #OHA #StevensonMemorial #Nurses #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

Ontario announces $1.25B for long-term care staffing as part of larger commitment | CBC News https://bit.ly/3YSsTjf #onthealth #NursingShortage #LongTermCare #StaffingShorage #HealthcareWorkers #onpoli @onpoli @ontariogreens

Ontario long-term care facilities staffing shortages exploited by price-gouging temporary staffing agencies | CTV News https://bit.ly/3l0iNyM #onthealth #NursingShortae #StaffingAgencies #onpoli @barrie @onpoli

Ontario to be short 33,000 nurses and PSWs in five years: financial watchdog | CBC News https://bit.ly/3F8ovFG #onthealth #FAO #PSWs #ONA #Nurses #FrontlineWorkers #StaffingShortage #NursingShortage #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

Ontario was ‘unprepared’ for COVID, and needs to prepare: Report | The Star https://bit.ly/426kTOv #onthealth #COVID19 #Preparedness #COVIDOntario #PublicHealth #Coronavirus #funding #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

Where a hospital stay can last for years due to a lack of housing | The Star https://bit.ly/3kB2KXU #onthealth #AffordableHousing #CAMH #Housing #ALC #HousingCrisis #onpoli @onpoli

Health care workers protest in Barrie for better wages and support | CTV News https://bit.ly/3m3X6y7 #onthealth #Barrie #ONA #TeamRVH #Nurses #Hospitals #HealthcareStaff #onpoli @barrie @onpoli

‘Staggering’ number of ER closures revealed by Star analysis | The Star https://bit.ly/3xIkbJ3 #onthealth #NursingShortage #ERs #LabourShorage #OntarioHospitals #EDs #EmergencyRooms #onpoli @onpoli

Ontario's private surgical clinics: Cheques but no balances when providing health care https://bit.ly/40Yp3XW #onthealth #OntarioHospitals #SurgicalCentres #OHIP #PublicHealth #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

Temp agency fees eating up government funds amid nursing home staffing crisis | The Star https://bit.ly/3YNJ7dB #onthealth #Nurses #TempAgencies #NursingShortage #LongTermCare #NursingHomes #onpoli @onpoli

⁩For-profit services are NOT the answer to Ontario's health care crisis. Excellent article by ⁦⁦@[email protected]⁩ #onpoli #onthealth #HealthCareCrisis https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/25/ontario-health-care-crisis-for-profit-services/

Doug Ford announced he is outsourcing ‘50%’ of surgeries in Ontario to private, for-profit facilities.

In his announcement, Ford claimed Ontario’s health system is currently run the same way as ‘Cuba and North Korea’. #onpoli #onthealth

https://pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-will-outsource-50-of-ontario-surgeries-to-private-for-profit-health-facilities/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=news

During a press conference last week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford pitched private surgeries as a solution to Ontario’s health care crisis.

Some procedures Ford singled out are offered by Ontario PC donors that lobbied Ford’s government. #onpoli #onthealth

https://pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-pitches-private-surgeries-offered-by-his-donors-as-solution-to-ontarios-health-care-crisis/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=news

Ford government to allow out-of-province nurses to start work immediately in Ontario | Globalnews https://bit.ly/3iO4Q63 #onthealth #Nurses #AsOfRight #ONA #Nursing #Hospitals #CanadianProvinces #onpoli @onpoli

Doug Ford’s private surgery centre proposal will hurt hospitals, doctors’ college warns https://bit.ly/3Xmx4TU #onthealth #Surgery #CPSO #WaitTimes #SurgicalWaitTimes #OHIP #PrivateHealthcare #onpoli @onpoli @ontariogreens

Virtual clinic providing critical care to trans patients at risk due to Ontario funding changes | CBC Radio https://bit.ly/3u2Jpju #ConnectClinic #LGBTQ #onthealth #OHIP #onpoli

Ontario asks family clinics to work nights, weekends to help overwhelmed hospitals https://bit.ly/3ExqEty #onthealth #OHIP #ottnews #FamilyDoctors #RSV #OntarioHospitals #Ottawa #ICU #onpoli