Ministry Of Health

• Minden mayor asks health board to resign after ER consolidation plan revealed

  The Minden ER is scheduled to close June 1 with all services to be consolidated with the hospital in Haliburton.

  Health

  May 16
  
• Do Saskatchewan residents support safe drug supply programs?

  Kayla DeMong, Director for Prairie Harm Reduction in Saskatoon, said the idea of safe supply programs isn't a big leap from safe consumption sites.

  Health

  May 10
  
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• New compensation model announced for family doctors in Saskatchewan

  Doctors in Saskatchewan will now get a base rate for a standard range of services for each patient, but will also get additional fee-for-service payments for extra services.

  Health

  May 5
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• Mask restrictions lifted at Saskatchewan Health Authority facilities

  Everett Hindley said requirements for masking will remain only where they existed pre-pandemic, such as operating rooms.

  Health

  Apr 4
• Muskoka Hospice calls on Ontario government for more funding to ‘remain viable’

  Muskoka Hospice is calling for more permanent funding from the Ontario government to help with its $2-million operating budget as its costs skyrocket.

  Canada

  Mar 29
• Saskatchewan announces $6.9 billion health care budget for 2023-24

  The government announced an additional $431 million to the Ministry of Health's budget in comparison to last year, totaling a 6.7 per cent increase.

  Health

  Mar 22
• Layoffs at Simcoe County hospital due to funding cuts spark concern for Ontario Nurses Assoc.

  Amid an ongoing health-care worker shortage, the Ontario Nurses Association worries 13 nurses being laid off at a Simcoe County hospital is just the start of a backward slide.

  Health

  Mar 17
• Sask. government makes health-care agreement with the feds

  The province says the money will be used to accelerate or enhance new measures aiming to improve primary health care, surgeries and mental health and addictions services.

  Health

  Mar 1
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• Waterloo Region getting money from province to help solve ambulance issues

  In an effort to deal with ongoing ambulance shortages in Waterloo Region, the province is sending money to beef up staffing in emergency rooms at area hospitals.

  Canada

  Feb 28
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• Ambulance delays, shortages in Ontario worsen even as new funding flows

  In 2008, the then-Liberal government began employing nurses at Ontario hospitals to help unload ambulances and get paramedics back on the road faster. Now, the program has grown.

  Health

  Feb 11