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Doctor orders: All provincial parties promise access to care for all Ontarians in coming years
The three major parties each say they have a plan to address gaps in family doctor service. Feb. 9, 2025 Waterloo Region Record Tories...

Kristin Rushowy
Feb 91 min read
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Situation Critical
Don't be fooled into thinking that American tariffs are the major election issue. The threat to Public Medicare has never been more...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Feb 91 min read
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The election should be about transforming health care, not Trump
Wouldn’t it be refreshing if opposition politicians started admitting they don’t have all the answers to the health-care crisis? Jan. 25,...

John Milloy
Jan 252 min read
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What a jaw-dropping scene says about Ontario’s worsening family doctor crisis
Desperately seeking a family doctor. What a striking scene in one small Ontario town says about a brewing crisis. A queue for 500...

Megan Ogilvie
Jan 201 min read
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Millions lack care in Ontario. Nurse Practitioners can help
By Michelle Acorn, NP January 11, 2025 As Ontario faces unprecedented health care challenges, the most clear and present danger to...

Michelle Acorn
Jan 131 min read
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Canada Health Act tweaks redefine primary care
New federal guidelines mandate provinces to fund medically necessary services provided by nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and midwives....

Nick Tsergas
Jan 131 min read
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Ontario's family doctor shortage will 'get worse' without immediate intervention: experts
(File Photo) Jan. 8, 2025 6:16 a.m. EST As Ontario politicians scramble to come up with plans to address Ontario’s doctor shortage, the...

Codi Wilson
Jan 111 min read
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Patient dies in waiting room of Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre
Wait time at ER posted as 8.25 hours at 10 a.m. Tuesday Ian Froese · CBC News · Posted: Jan 07, 2025 1:08 PM EST | Last Updated: 7...

Ian Froese
Jan 71 min read
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Know Your Options: Getting the right care in the right place
Accessing treatment in setting other than emergency departments – when appropriate- can lessen wait times, Dr. Rafi Setrak writes. Posted...

Rafi Setrak
Jan 41 min read
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Ten Health Care Predictions for 2025
THE YEAR AHEAD 2025 The family doctor crisis will finally start to ease, while pharmacists take centre stage in patient care. The battle...

Maclean's
Dec 31, 20241 min read
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The Crumbling State of Northern Ontario’s Healthcare: A Call to Action
Healthcare in Ontario is crumbling but it's even worse in Northern Ontario and residents can't afford to wait for change any longer Lisa...

Lisa Rene-de-Cotret
Dec 30, 20241 min read
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Holiday Message from Natalie Mehra
Dear all our members and supporters, As I sit down to write a holiday message to you that I hope has some meaning, I am thinking about a...

Natalie Mehra
Dec 29, 20247 min read
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How The Grinch stole family medicine: A tale of Ontario’s health crisis
Dec 18, 2024 by Alykhan Abdulla It began, not with a whisper, but a groan that echoed across my clinic and the community I serve. Like a...

Alykhan Abdulla
Dec 22, 20241 min read
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1 in 7 ER visits in Canada are for conditions that could have been managed in primary care: report
Even those with family doctor go to emergency department to get basic primary care CBC News · Posted: Dec 05, 2024 12:01 AM EST | Last...

Amina Zafar
Dec 9, 20241 min read
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Patients, not politicians, decide what is an emergency
Nov 6, 2024 by Alan Drummond , Raghu Venugopal Ontario Premier Doug Ford made reckless statements on Oct. 25 that we as emergency...

Alan Drummond
Nov 11, 20242 min read
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You can be fired by your doctor for visiting a walk-in clinic
In fear of getting de-rostered, some patients have resorted to visiting ERs for non-emergency care when their family doctors aren't...

Kevin Jiang
Oct 8, 20241 min read
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Doctors want to practice medicine. Instead, we are buried in paperwork
By Dr. Adrianna Schamp, Contributor Dr. Adrianna Schamp (Malicki) grew up in Mississauga, studied in Toronto, and now practices family...

Adrianna Schamp
Sep 30, 20241 min read
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Majority of Ontarians feel province is mismanaging health-care system: government poll
Reducing surgical wait times is the top concern Most blame the Ford government TORONTO – An overwhelming number of Ontarians believe that...

Aidan Chamandy
Sep 26, 20241 min read
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Arbitrator awards Ontario doctors 10% increase in 1st year of new deal
Story by Allison Jones, The Canadian Press TORONTO — An arbitrator has awarded Ontario's doctors a nearly 10-per-cent compensation...

Allison Jones
Sep 16, 20241 min read
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Doug Ford's joke about sending overflow patients to vet draws ire
'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...

Canadian Press
Aug 15, 20241 min read
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