The Ontario Public Service Employees Union has responded to the provincial government’s announcement of $10 million in funding to improve hospital care in Scarborough and Durham region with a suggestion Health Minist ...
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Seen: Special adviser appointed for Scarborough/Durham health-care integration
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Doctors and province agree to talk about talking
Health Minister Eric Hoskins and OMA president Mike Toth on a public speaking blitz with the latter saying doctors will be interested in securing a plan for binding arbitration if and when negotiations resume. ...
OMA agrees to meeting with health minister — but there’s a catch
OMA president Mike Toth said he's willing to meet because the government is prepared to discuss binding arbitration, but the province has never publicly said that binding arbitration is on the table. ...
Calling for OMA negotiations, province releases data on top-billing doctors
The government says 10 per cent of doctor billings are claimed by less than 2 per cent of the doctors, and one eye specialist billed $6.6 million in a single year. ...
Province still undecided on religious exemptions for physician-assisted death
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario already has interim guidelines on physician-assisted death, but is also awaiting a provincial framework. ...
Heard: Two Ontario ministers heading to Attawapiskat
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PTSD legislation passes third reading unanimously
Labour Minister Kevin Flynn said the experience of other jurisdictions shows there shouldn't be a flood of first responder PTSD claims after the law takes effect. ...
Province cancels planned drug cost changes for seniors
The hike in the cost of the Ontario Drug Benefit deductible for those above the low-income threshold was originally planned to take effect on Aug. 1. ...
Brown says premier letting ‘fox back into the henhouse’ with proposed helicopter lease
Health Minister Eric Hoskins, however, said the province's air ambulance agency is just trying to replace aging aircraft. ...