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No more sick notes? Why the Ford government wants to eliminate doctors notes for illness
In an effort to free up family physicians to focus on patient care, the Ford government wants to move to an attestation-based system for employers […]
Ford government wins battle to keep health-care staffing shortage figures secret
The Ford government has won a privacy battle to keep the extent of its nursing, personal support worker and physician shortage secret after Ontario’s privacy […]
Ontario doctors offer solutions to help address shortage of family physicians
For the third year in a row, there was a decline in the number of medical students who are seeking residency with family doctors, according […]
Ontario hospital workers awarded 6% pay increase, new agreement on agency nurses
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Some 65,000 unionized hospital workers in Ontario have been awarded a pay increase of six per cent […]
Arbitrator awards 65,000 Ontario hospital workers 6% wage increase
An arbitrator has awarded 65,000 Ontario hospital workers a six per cent wage increase that will “lift the spirits of frontline hospital workers,” the union […]
‘She gets to be 10’: Ontario child’s heart donated to girl the same age
Maryam De Groef says she and her husband moved countries often and would always apply to be organ donors wherever they lived, but they never […]
‘Dangerous’: Ontario lab closures would put lives at risk, workers warn
Lab workers are warning about the potential for public health disasters if the Ontario government follows through with recommendations to shutter more than half of […]
Report reveals Ontario for-profit clinics charging patients thousands in unlawful fees
More than 100 patients have come forward to voice their concerns over being charged for care in private clinics in a newly-released report by the […]
Nurse practitioner fees could ‘undermine’ Ontario public health investment: minister
Ontario’s health minister says a proliferation of fee-for-service nurse practitioner-led clinics will “undermine” taxpayer investment in the province’s health-care system as the province looks to […]