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Tag Archives: health care
Wynne guarantees doctor or nurse for all Ontarians by 2018
About 93 per cent of Ontarians have access to a doctor or nurse practitioner, with Wynne promising to reach the remaining seven per cent of the population at a cost of $20 million. ...
Too early to say if fee-for-service reduction is working
Ontario's changes to the fee-for-service doctor-payment system is showing mixed results, says a new University of Calgary report. ...
Matthews announces east-end Toronto hospital expansion
The Health Minister, thronged by shouting children, announced $19.6 million in funding for a new eight-storey patient-care wing in Toronto East General Hospital. ...
Dean: Liberals’ policies deserve recognition, so do public servants
Good news is getting the cold shoulder as the Liberal government moves ahead on policy fronts in education, health and governance, columnist Tony Dean writes. ...
‘Referendum’ finds 99.6 per cent support public hospitals
Ontario Health Coalition says the vast majority of respondents to its 'referendum' favour public hospitals over private clinics. ...
Provinces to save up to $230 million in drug costs
Provincial officials have struck a deal with generic pharmaceutical makers on four more drugs, and are in talks with brand-name manufacturers to cut costs on 37 drugs. ...
Health agency unveils new patient survey
Health Quality Ontario announces a new patient-experience survey pilot project so health organizations can learn how patients view the quality of care they get. ...
CUPE to speak out against move toward private surgeries
President of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions is expected to warn committee of the dangers of private-service delivery, including higher monetary costs and deaths. ...
Matthews announces cataract, colonoscopy procedures moving to community health centres
Opponents of the move say this represents an opening of the floodgates to privatized health care, in which clinics will charge for services already covered by OHIP. ...
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