Sylvia Jones

• Ontario to add 400 new primary care providers to deal with staffing shortage

  Ontario is investing $110 million in an effort to connect more than 300,000 people to primary care teams, Health Minister Sylvia Jones said Thursday.

  Canada

  Feb 1
  
• Doctor says she is apologizing to Ontario patients as wait times stay high

  New data from Ontario Health shows high wait times are causing problems at the province's hospitals, with some people waiting more than 48 hours for a bed.

  Health

  Jan 17
  
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• Ontario hospital sounds alarm as aging building faces population boom

  Issues with older hospital buildings in Ontario include a lack of accessible washrooms and private rooms, unreliable Wi-Fi, peeling paint and subpar infection control measures.

  Health

  Sep 7, 2023
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• ‘Huge wake-up call’: Quarter of Ontario hospitals are in poor condition, docs reveal

  New data obtained by Global News shows 26 per cent of Ontario's hospital buildings are in poor condition and five buildings need to be replaced entirely.

  Health

  Sep 6, 2023
• Ontario offers money to public health units that voluntarily merge

  The Progressive Conservative government in 2019 proposed consolidating the province's public health units, but put those plans on hold when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020.

  Canada

  Aug 22, 2023
• Ontario health minister visits Kitchener to launch hospital staffing programs

  With staffing shortages continuing to be an issue at Ontario hospitals, Sylvia Jones was in Kitchener Monday to champion a number of recent programs announced by the province.

  Health

  Jul 24, 2023
• Ontario adds 300 new spaces in paramedic college programs

  Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones says there will be more than 300 new spaces in paramedic programs at provincial colleges this year.

  Health

  Jun 29, 2023
• Urgent care clinic to open soon at shuttered ER in Minden, Ont.

  An urgent care clinic in Minden, Ont., replacing its closed ER, is set to start operating on weekends only and is expected to open in time for the Canada Day holiday.

  Health

  Jun 20, 2023
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• Residents vow to keep fighting as Minden, Ont., emergency department closes

  Despite efforts to save it, on Thursday the emergency department at the hospital site in Minden, Ont., closed, with services are being consolidated with the site in Haliburton.

  Health

  Jun 1, 2023
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• Ontario renews summer ER staffing funding for 1 more year

  Ontario is renewing funding that helps rural and northern hospitals bolster emergency room staffing through the summer, but says the program will end after this year.

  Health

  Jun 1, 2023