Ontario Health Care
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‘Reduce the risk’: These Ontario hospitals are installing weapons detection systemsWith the safety of hospital staff and patients a growing concern across Canada, LHSC is implementing a new weapons detection system in all of its emergency departments.HealthApr 15
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Ontario seeks 80 primary care teams for 300,000 patientsOntario is looking for up to 80 new or expanded primary care teams to serve 300,000 patients.HealthApr 10
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Nine supervised consumption sites in Ontario switch to addiction recovery hubsThe 10 supervised consumption sites located near schools and daycares were given a short-term reprieve to stay open last week. Nine of them have closed regardless.HealthApr 1
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‘I can’t do this’: Nurse practitioner burnout may be Ontario’s next health-care crisisA national survey reveals that Ontario nurse practitioners are facing a concerning workforce crisis while trying to take on more to cover gaps in the health-care system.HealthMar 29
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Ontario shifts from Pap to HPV test for cervical cancer screening, but no at-home kits yetOntario will replace its main method of cervical cancer screening next week to a more accurate and less frequent test, but the dreaded speculum exam is not in the rear-view yet.HealthFeb 25
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No immediate plans to close private Ontario nurse practitioner clinics despite new guidanceThe province has been under pressure from health-care advocates and political opponents to tackle the rise of private nurse practitioner clinics that charge patients.PoliticsJan 28
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Ford government announces funding for primary care plan on eve of election callOn Tuesday afternoon, Doug Ford plans to visit the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the legislature and trigger an early election campaign officially beginning on Wednesday.HealthJan 27
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‘An arms race:’ Recruiting family doctors and the stiff competition in OntarioWith family doctors in short supply, communities are having to be more creative to attract physicians to their communities, and it’s only getting more complex.HealthJan 25
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Ontario health-care CEO let go after palliative care supply shortagesA senior government source confirmed the CEO was removed from her role after the agency found itself unable to fulfil orders for patients in the fall.HealthJan 22
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Ontario funding new treatment for advanced-stage prostate cancerHealth Canada approved Pluvicto in August 2022, but patients have been waiting since then for provincial health plans to announce coverage.CanadaJan 14
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