The pandemic is affording us a profound opportunity to fundamentally change the healthcare system by re-evaluating and strengthening our investment in homecare. ...
Category: Health and COVID-19
Long-term care workers and essential visitors in Ontario’s COVID hot zones to be among first vaccine recipients
The announcement came on a day where Ontario set a new record for COVID-19 cases. ...
Province’s vaccine distribution task force includes bioethicist, former police chief and Indigenous leader
The task force held its first meeting on Friday to discuss "priority populations for receiving the vaccine." ...
Ontario long-term care commission calls for improved inspections, leadership in second report
The commission criticized the government's decision to nearly eliminate comprehensive resident quality inspections. ...
Vaccine rollout questions and new outbreak data: Your Ontario COVID-19 roundup
There are more questions than answers on the vaccine rollout. ...
Changes to expand naloxone access through pharmacies worked, study finds
Nearly 200,000 kits have been distributed through the program. ...
Minister promises transparency after document dust-up with long-term care commission
There's nothing stopping the government from releasing documents quickly while protecting privilege where necessary, a lawyer says. ...
‘They can storm the beaches of Normandy, we can sit on our couch’: retired Gen. Rick Hillier
The head of Ontario's vaccine distribution efforts also said vulnerable populations and health-care workers will be "priorities." ...
Government sitting on documents that would explain its pandemic decisions: Long-term care commission
The government claimed it has released 50,000 documents but most are duplicates and "placeholders," according to the commission. ...
Government ‘impeding’ long-term care commission by delaying release of documents: commission spokesman
The government's delay "negatively impacts the content and delivery of the final report," QP Briefing was told. ...