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'This is Doug Ford's let them eat cake moment,' says Ontario Liberal health critic The Canadian Press · Posted: Aug 14, 2024 4:29 PM EDT...
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Anne Lagacé Dowson
- Aug 15
- 1 min
Shoppers Drug Mart wants to set up 250 for-profit pharmacy care clinics by 2025
August 14, 2024 By Anne Lagacé Dowson A report by The Globe and Mail delves into the plan by Loblaw to become one of Canada’s largest...
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Mohammed Adam
- Aug 15
- 1 min
Adam: Here's what the pay of an Ontario family doctor looks like
The Doctor Drain: Family physicians in this province aren't poor, but they're not exactly getting rich — particularly, given the...
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Lisa Johnson
- Jul 5
- 1 min
Alberta town declares health crisis, must pay to keep clinic open as doctor roster dwindles
Hinton mulls paying $500,000 to keep remaining clinic open Lisa Johnson · CBC News · Posted: Jul 04, 2024 8:56 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9...
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Leora Goldreich
- Jun 28
- 2 min
Physician Assistants: A solution to Ontario’s primary care crisis
By Leora Goldreich PUBLISHED ON JUNE 26, 2024 Primary care providers are the backbone of our healthcare system. For patients seeking...
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Stephen Lewis
- Jun 23
- 1 min
The health care fix too obvious to implement
The solution to Canada's primary care access gap is for communities to grow their own roster of nurse practitioners (NPs). Published Jun...
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Jessica Smith Cross
- Jun 14
- 1 min
Your Ontario health care experiences: ‘Huge wait times. Poor quality care’
'Our government is not OK with that status quo,' says a spokesperson for the Health minister We asked you to share your health-care...
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Ian Adams
- Jun 13
- 1 min
‘It’s a major, major problem for people’: Simcoe County residents face challenges getting primary care, health panel told
Ontario Health Coalition holding panel hearings across province on challenges facing small and rural hospitals. By Ian Adams Barrie...
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Robyn Urback
- Jun 5
- 2 min
Doug Ford may not be able to get you a family doctor. But he can bring back paper bags
PUBLISHED APRIL 10, 2024 UPDATED APRIL 11, 2024 Mr. Ford is great at the small stuff. It’s just such a nuisance he’s tasked with running...
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Merrilee Fullerton
- May 16
- 2 min
What happened to Primary Care and where do we go from here?
Policy makers and politicians have grossly miscalculated the consequences of their decisions to date with respect to family medicine. As...
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Waterloo Region Health Coalition
- May 14
- 1 min
Stand Up for Public Healthcare!
If we don't, then who will? Did you vote for a US style privatized healthcare system ..NO! Then join our rally and reserve a seat on our...
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Megan Ogilvie
- May 13
- 1 min
The emergency department is no place to be told you have cancer
Patients are ‘routinely’ being diagnosed with cancer in busy Canadian emergency rooms, doctors warn On a recent 12-hour shift, Dr. Kyle...
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Matt Gurney
- May 12
- 2 min
For the love of God, give family doctors more money
OPINION: “More money” may not be the solution for everything. But when it comes to retaining and recruiting GPs, it’s about as close to a...
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Allison Jones
- May 8
- 2 min
Health Ministry ignoring concerns about the 'diminished supply' of doctors
No concern about 'diminished supply' of doctors: health ministry Arbitration with province's doctors over compensation in dire shape, OMA...
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Anthony Milton
- Apr 18
- 2 min
“I’ve been a family doctor for more than 20 years. Now, I have no choice but to close my practice
Rising costs, new administrative duties and subsequent burnout have made it impossible for physician Fan-Wah Mang to keep her Mississauga...
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Wayne Doyle
- Apr 8
- 1 min
Province denies application for new family doctor in Elmvale
Springwater Township and family physician had lease agreement ready to go Apr 5, 2024 1:30 PM Working quietly behind the scenes for a...
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Isaac Callan
- Apr 2
- 1 min
Extra billing sometimes a ‘misunderstanding,’ Ontario health minister says
By Isaac Callan & Colin D'Mello Global News Posted March 28, 2024 6:00 am As Ontario continues to significantly expand the role of...
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Rob Ferguson
- Mar 27
- 1 min
Ontario budget pours $2B into home care, but critics say it ignores long ER wait times
But critics said it doesn't put enough new cash into the health-care system to shorten long emergency room wait times or help people find...
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Elizabeth Payne
- Mar 19
- 1 min
Is it Fair to Charge Fees for Access to Primary Care?
NDP leader urges Ontario government to ban fees for access to primary care An Ottawa woman was charged $110 at an Appletree clinic to see...
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Mike Crawley
- Mar 11
- 1 min
Want more family doctors in Ontario? Pay them better, say physicians
Inflation has outpaced average OHIP billings, prompting some doctors to opt out of family practice Mar 11, 2024 As the number of people...
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