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Hundreds of people lined up in the cold and rain outside a Kingston health clinic for hours Wednesday morning, desperate to find a doctor. It marked the third day in a row a line stretched for blocks outside CDK Family Medicine and Walk-In Clinic on Sutherland Drive after the clinic …
Read More »Why thousands of rural Ontarians may be at risk of losing their doctor
Roughly 10,000 patients in rural Ontario could lose their doctor due to a provincial funding decision that splits a small town into haves and have-nots, according to the local clinic’s medical director. “To have half of our patient population go without those extra supports that we all desperately need right now …
Read More »Advocacy group accuses Ontario of trying to ‘dismantle’ public health-care system
A health-care advocacy group in Ontario is accusing the Ford government of deliberately underfunding public health care to benefit for-profit clinics in the province. A new report by the Ontario Health Coalition has compiled a master list of unused operating room capacity — space the organization says the government could …
Read More »‘The American model’: Ontario doctor claims move to private care building steam
Dr. David Barber, chair of the Ontario Medical Association’s general and family practice section, says a move toward private health care in Ontario is “happening already” and that it’s “going to get worse.” During a news conference Thursday discussing a shortage of family doctors in Ontario, Barber said one of …
Read More »Ontario clinic’s direct billing highlights grey area around nurse practitioners
A Hamilton, Ont., clinic boasting short wait times for primary care and charging patients straight away insists its model underscores a great need for health services in the community. Holistic Solutions NP in Ancaster has been operating for roughly a month now, using nurse practitioners (NP) who have training to …
Read More »‘Dire consequence’: Ontario doctors pitch plan for buckling health-care sector
With a family doctor shortage, increasing burnout among health-care workers and ever-growing wait times at emergency departments putting more and more pressure on Ontario’s health-care system, the province’s doctors are hoping the government heeds their suggestions for solutions. “We are in a state of dire consequence if we don’t do …
Read More »Ontario hospital sounds alarm as aging building faces population boom
The health of Ontario’s healthcare system is not just dependent on doctors, nurses, and other frontline staff but the environment they work in — including the physical buildings. Something as simple as improving Wi-Fi access or adding more electrical outlets is a struggle at one southwestern Ontario hospital, where the …
Read More »‘Huge wake-up call’: Quarter of Ontario hospitals are in poor condition, docs reveal
Ontario’s network of publicly owned hospitals is in significant need of investment and repair, internal government documents reveal, with more than a quarter of all hospitals in the province listed as being in poor condition. Global News can also reveal that five health-care buildings across Ontario also have a repair …
Read More »Female medical specialists get fewer referrals, lower pay compared to men: study
New research from the Ontario Medical Association has found male specialists get more referrals and higher billings, leading to a noticeable gender pay gap between male and female physicians. Research published by the association found that male specialists earned almost five per cent more for each referral and disproportionately more …
Read More »Ontario government plans to recoup COVID-19 loans to province’s doctors
TORONTO — Ontario doctors who received loans from the province during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to cover increased costs and offset revenue losses stemming from lower patient volumes will now have one year to pay those sums back. The Ontario government laid out plans to recoup the money in …
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