Health and Long-Term Care Minister Eric Hoskins says list of where family physicians can set up a new group practice is 'dynamic' and based on rurality, physician-to-patient ratio and input from LHINs ...
Category: Health and COVID-19
Heard: Health ministry puts $118 million into Credit Valley Hospital project
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Hoskins announces proposed legislation to protect patient privacy
The health minister said today that proposed amendments to the Personal Health Information Protection Act will make it mandatory to report all privacy breaches to the Information and Privacy Commissioner. ...
‘Significant barrier’ removed for prosecuting health-record snoops
Privacy Commissioner Brian Beamish lauds reforms, saying 'people need to know that if they engage in this behaviour there is a really good chance that they will be caught and that there will be consequences.' ...
Heard: Mental health and addictions programs expanded
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Heard: Saint Elizabeth provides $1 million for end-of-life care
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Neonicotinoid pesticide rules in place for 2016 planting season
The province says new regulations around the sale and use of pesticides that they say kills bees, butterflies and birds will come into effect July 1. ...
Work still to be done on calorie labelling law, as restaurants await further regulations
The government has yet to implement regulations that would dictate how calorie counts are shown on menus, which are scheduled to come into effect in 2017. ...
Hoskins ‘disappointed’ federal government didn’t attend national pharmacare round table
Health and Long-Term Care Minister Eric Hoskins says Ottawa's commitment to a Canada-wide drug plan is required to provide leadership. ...
Heard: ONA first V-P wins national leadership award
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