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Megan Ogilvie
3 days ago1 min read
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...
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Michelle Acorn
Jan 131 min read
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...
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Nick Tsergas
Jan 131 min read
Canada Health Act tweaks redefine primary care
New federal guidelines mandate provinces to fund medically necessary services provided by nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and midwives....
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Codi Wilson
Jan 111 min read
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...
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Lisa Rene-de-Cotret
Dec 29, 20241 min read
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...
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Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Dec 14, 20242 min read
Protest as MPPs come to Stratford on pre-budget tour:
Local citizens angry at Ford government for underfunding, privatizing & destroying our public health care plan to make their voices heard...
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Kristy Kirkup
Oct 25, 20241 min read
More than five million Canadians struggle to access primary care, new CIHI report says
Oct. 24, 2022 More than five million Canadian adults struggle to access prirnary care, according to a new report on the status of...
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Ontario Health Coalition
Sep 9, 20242 min read
For-profit privatization is a threat to Public Medicare for all of us
BRIEFING NOTE: The Ford Government’s Plan to Privatize Ontario’s Public Hospital Services Posted: September 3, 2024 THE LATEST On...
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Quinn Patrick
Sep 9, 20241 min read
Canada’s healthcare system will need $2 trillion to meet ageing population’s needs
By Quinn Patrick, True North Wire - September 2, 2024 Canada’s healthcare system is poised to be strained even further in the coming...
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Anne Lagacé Dowson
Aug 15, 20241 min read
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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Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Jul 17, 20241 min read
Top priority for Canada’s Premiers: high-quality, timely, and publicly funded health care!
Surprising press release from Canada's Premiers Premiers discuss ways governments can work together to better support Canadians HALIFAX,...
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Lisa Johnson
Jul 5, 20241 min read
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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Stephen Lewis
Jun 23, 20241 min read
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, 20241 min read
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, 20241 min read
‘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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Jeff Pickel
May 20, 20242 min read
The cost of homelessness on our health-care system
May 15, 2024 A new study out of London, Ont. lays out the cost of the homelessness crisis on our health-care system. Almost 30,000...
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Merrilee Fullerton
May 15, 20242 min read
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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Megan Ogilvie
May 13, 20241 min read
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, 20242 min read
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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Waterloo Region Health Coalition
May 4, 20241 min read
Stop the privatization of our public health care
Ontario funds its public hospitals at the lowest rate in Canada. Every service that has been cut from our public hospitals has been...
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