Ontario Government Announces Plan To Stabilize Health Care System

CBC News is carrying the press conference live from 9 a.m. ET Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones’ plan to stabilize the health care system includes increasing surgeries performed in private clinics but covered by OHIP, covering exam and registration costs for internationally trained nurses and sending patients waiting for long-term care beds to house not of their choice. Jones is announcing the plan today as nursing shortages have led emergency departments across the province to close all summer for hours or days at a time. She says the plan includes modifying a program that can deploy full-time nurses to multiple hospitals in an area and expanding a program for mid- to late-career or retired nurses to mentor younger nurses. The province will also temporarily cover exam, application and registration costs for internationally trained and retired nurses, saving them up to $1,500, and plans to invest up to $57.6 million over three years to increase the number of nurses working in long-term care homes. In long-term care, the government plans to introduce legislation today that would allow patients waiting for a bed to be moved to a “temporary” home while they wait for a place in the home of their choice and takes 300 beds that had been used for COVID-19 isolation and disposition for people on waiting lists. Long-term care minister Paul Calandra said the legislation would not force anyone who does not want to leave hospital to go, but would “allow us to continue the conversation”. “There is a challenge in acute care and long-term care is able to make a difference for the first time in generations,” Calandra said. Language in the plan also suggests a greater role for privately provided but publicly covered services, with the government saying it will invest more to increase surgeries at pediatric hospitals and existing private clinics covered by OHIP, and also considering options for further increases of surgical capacity increasing the number of operations carried out in “independent health facilities”. In the last week, Jones and Premier Doug Ford said the province is looking at all options to improve the health care system and did not rule out further involvement of the private sector, although they said Ontarians would not have to pay for nothing. Emergency departments across Ontario have been closed for hours or even days this summer due to a severe shortage of nurses.

title: “Ontario Government Announces Plan To Stabilize Health Care System Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-17” author: “Brian Snyder”

CBC News is carrying the press conference live from 9 a.m. ET Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones’ plan to stabilize the health care system includes increasing surgeries performed in private clinics but covered by OHIP, covering exam and registration costs for internationally trained nurses and sending patients waiting for long-term care beds to house not of their choice. Jones is announcing the plan today as nursing shortages have led emergency departments across the province to close all summer for hours or days at a time. She says the plan includes modifying a program that can deploy full-time nurses to multiple hospitals in an area and expanding a program for mid- to late-career or retired nurses to mentor younger nurses. The province will also temporarily cover exam, application and registration costs for internationally trained and retired nurses, saving them up to $1,500, and plans to invest up to $57.6 million over three years to increase the number of nurses working in long-term care homes. In long-term care, the government plans to introduce legislation today that would allow patients waiting for a bed to be moved to a “temporary” home while they wait for a place in the home of their choice and takes 300 beds that had been used for COVID-19 isolation and disposition for people on waiting lists. Long-term care minister Paul Calandra said the legislation would not force anyone who does not want to leave hospital to go, but would “allow us to continue the conversation”. “There is a challenge in acute care and long-term care is able to make a difference for the first time in generations,” Calandra said. Language in the plan also suggests a greater role for privately provided but publicly covered services, with the government saying it will invest more to increase surgeries at pediatric hospitals and existing private clinics covered by OHIP, and also considering options for further increases of surgical capacity increasing the number of operations carried out in “independent health facilities”. In the last week, Jones and Premier Doug Ford said the province is looking at all options to improve the health care system and did not rule out further involvement of the private sector, although they said Ontarians would not have to pay for nothing. Emergency departments across Ontario have been closed for hours or even days this summer due to a severe shortage of nurses.

title: “Ontario Government Announces Plan To Stabilize Health Care System Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-22” author: “Alice Marden”

CBC News is carrying the press conference live from 9 a.m. ET Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones’ plan to stabilize the health care system includes increasing surgeries performed in private clinics but covered by OHIP, covering exam and registration costs for internationally trained nurses and sending patients waiting for long-term care beds to house not of their choice. Jones is announcing the plan today as nursing shortages have led emergency departments across the province to close all summer for hours or days at a time. She says the plan includes modifying a program that can deploy full-time nurses to multiple hospitals in an area and expanding a program for mid- to late-career or retired nurses to mentor younger nurses. The province will also temporarily cover exam, application and registration costs for internationally trained and retired nurses, saving them up to $1,500, and plans to invest up to $57.6 million over three years to increase the number of nurses working in long-term care homes. In long-term care, the government plans to introduce legislation today that would allow patients waiting for a bed to be moved to a “temporary” home while they wait for a place in the home of their choice and takes 300 beds that had been used for COVID-19 isolation and disposition for people on waiting lists. Long-term care minister Paul Calandra said the legislation would not force anyone who does not want to leave hospital to go, but would “allow us to continue the conversation”. “There is a challenge in acute care and long-term care is able to make a difference for the first time in generations,” Calandra said. Language in the plan also suggests a greater role for privately provided but publicly covered services, with the government saying it will invest more to increase surgeries at pediatric hospitals and existing private clinics covered by OHIP, and also considering options for further increases of surgical capacity increasing the number of operations carried out in “independent health facilities”. In the last week, Jones and Premier Doug Ford said the province is looking at all options to improve the health care system and did not rule out further involvement of the private sector, although they said Ontarians would not have to pay for nothing. Emergency departments across Ontario have been closed for hours or even days this summer due to a severe shortage of nurses.

title: “Ontario Government Announces Plan To Stabilize Health Care System Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-30” author: “Leta Cole”

CBC News is carrying the press conference live from 9 a.m. ET Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones’ plan to stabilize the health care system includes increasing surgeries performed in private clinics but covered by OHIP, covering exam and registration costs for internationally trained nurses and sending patients waiting for long-term care beds to house not of their choice. Jones is announcing the plan today as nursing shortages have led emergency departments across the province to close all summer for hours or days at a time. She says the plan includes modifying a program that can deploy full-time nurses to multiple hospitals in an area and expanding a program for mid- to late-career or retired nurses to mentor younger nurses. The province will also temporarily cover exam, application and registration costs for internationally trained and retired nurses, saving them up to $1,500, and plans to invest up to $57.6 million over three years to increase the number of nurses working in long-term care homes. In long-term care, the government plans to introduce legislation today that would allow patients waiting for a bed to be moved to a “temporary” home while they wait for a place in the home of their choice and takes 300 beds that had been used for COVID-19 isolation and disposition for people on waiting lists. Long-term care minister Paul Calandra said the legislation would not force anyone who does not want to leave hospital to go, but would “allow us to continue the conversation”. “There is a challenge in acute care and long-term care is able to make a difference for the first time in generations,” Calandra said. Language in the plan also suggests a greater role for privately provided but publicly covered services, with the government saying it will invest more to increase surgeries at pediatric hospitals and existing private clinics covered by OHIP, and also considering options for further increases of surgical capacity increasing the number of operations carried out in “independent health facilities”. In the last week, Jones and Premier Doug Ford said the province is looking at all options to improve the health care system and did not rule out further involvement of the private sector, although they said Ontarians would not have to pay for nothing. Emergency departments across Ontario have been closed for hours or even days this summer due to a severe shortage of nurses.

title: “Ontario Government Announces Plan To Stabilize Health Care System Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-19” author: “Donald Kelash”

CBC News is carrying the press conference live from 9 a.m. ET Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones’ plan to stabilize the health care system includes increasing surgeries performed in private clinics but covered by OHIP, covering exam and registration costs for internationally trained nurses and sending patients waiting for long-term care beds to house not of their choice. Jones is announcing the plan today as nursing shortages have led emergency departments across the province to close all summer for hours or days at a time. She says the plan includes modifying a program that can deploy full-time nurses to multiple hospitals in an area and expanding a program for mid- to late-career or retired nurses to mentor younger nurses. The province will also temporarily cover exam, application and registration costs for internationally trained and retired nurses, saving them up to $1,500, and plans to invest up to $57.6 million over three years to increase the number of nurses working in long-term care homes. In long-term care, the government plans to introduce legislation today that would allow patients waiting for a bed to be moved to a “temporary” home while they wait for a place in the home of their choice and takes 300 beds that had been used for COVID-19 isolation and disposition for people on waiting lists. Long-term care minister Paul Calandra said the legislation would not force anyone who does not want to leave hospital to go, but would “allow us to continue the conversation”. “There is a challenge in acute care and long-term care is able to make a difference for the first time in generations,” Calandra said. Language in the plan also suggests a greater role for privately provided but publicly covered services, with the government saying it will invest more to increase surgeries at pediatric hospitals and existing private clinics covered by OHIP, and also considering options for further increases of surgical capacity increasing the number of operations carried out in “independent health facilities”. In the last week, Jones and Premier Doug Ford said the province is looking at all options to improve the health care system and did not rule out further involvement of the private sector, although they said Ontarians would not have to pay for nothing. Emergency departments across Ontario have been closed for hours or even days this summer due to a severe shortage of nurses.