The opposition wanted 18 hours of public hearings on the Patients First Act, but government MPPs settled on six-and-a-half. ...
Category: Health and COVID-19
More than 500 complaints already made to Ontario’s patient ombudsman
The government was also asked about older couples entering long-term care who have been split up. ...
Profile: NDP’s Claude Bisson on his time with biker gangs and prime ministers
Claude Bisson, and his brother Gilles, never fight, they say. ...
Happening: Health Minister won’t take long-term care home questions after multiple murder charges
The health minister said he can't take questions on long-term care homes, lest his answers be misinterpreted by the public and the media, in light of the multiple murder investigation. ...
Ontario blowing smoke over workplace safety in mental-health care, says Smokey Thomas
OPSEU is linking underfunding of mental health care to violence on the job. ...
Seen: Lisa MacLeod gets all parties onside with catastrophic and compassionate care motion
Ontario will establish a committee to study how other jurisdictions handle extraordinary medical cases that leave patients paying high costs out of pocket. ...
MPPs get a little clarity on health-care bureaucracy bill
One NDP MPP remarked that he'd heard a lot of "platitudes, a lot of 'integration,' 'collaboration'-type words," used to describe the Patients First Act. ...
MPP seeks to establish a compassionate catastrophic care program, or fund, in Ontario
Progressive Conservative MPP Lisa MacLeod's motion, that an advisory committee study what other jurisdictions have done, will be debated Thursday. ...
Health ministers still far apart on federal spending
Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins said he was "disappointed" that his federal counterpart had questioned if all of its transfer was actually spent on health. ...
Minister disputes dual narratives on eHealth evaluation, privacy concerns
Eric Hoskins says two eHealth theories, and doctors' privacy concerns, are off-base. ...
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