A new building is often seen as a solution for the updated delivery of health care. It’s true they usually reduce energy costs. If designed correctly and collaboratively, they can…
The government gives, the home care agencies take away. Many of OPSEU’s home care agencies are presently at the bargaining table. You’d think this would be the best of times…
It was clear from the start that the much applauded increase for Ontario’s Personal Support Workers was not going to apply to all. Back in April the government noted that…
We’re taking a break for summer. See you in September.
If there was a party game that could be applied to the recent provincial election, it would have involved some kind of participant action every time a politician uttered the…
Glenn French has a helluva story to tell. The President and CEO of the Canadian Initiative on Workplace violence provided the keynote speech after two days of meetings by OPSEU’s…
There are no easy answers, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t answers. We’ve been meeting in downtown Toronto to try and tackle the issues behind the injuries front line professional…
There’s got to be a morning after. Tim Hudak has announced he is stepping down and the Kathleen Wynne Liberals now have a majority parliament. So what happens now? There…
Somebody please go to the buck store and get PC leader Tim Hudak a calculator. We previously reported that the Tories long-standing pledge to eliminate the Local Health Integration Networks…
Whoever shows up to the polls tomorrow may determine Ontario’s next Premier and whether she or he enjoys a majority or minority government. The question is, will that be decided…
The relentless pursuit of efficiency may be coming to an end for Ontario hospitals. Thank goodness. As former OHA chief Tom Closson said today at Longwood’s Breakfast With The Chiefs…
The Greens had an in-depth party platform on health care in 2011. In this election they can barely bring themselves the say the word “health.” The only mention it gets…
We’ve previously noted that all parties had little to say in their official platforms when it comes to mental health care. The Ontario Mental Health and Addictions Alliance recently surveyed…
It was a curious decision by the media conglomerate putting on the Tuesday’s leaders debate. Limiting viewer questions to six, you’d have thought one of them would have dealt with…
The intersection of health and commerce perpetually raises the question whether the impetus for change is motivated by good health practice or private greed? Our pollster regularly reminds us that…
When it comes to collection of plasma for pharmaceutical purposes, Canada appears to be on the verge of becoming more like the United States. That may not be a good…
Ontarians are paying a premium of $164.9 million to replace Kingston’s mental health and rehab hospitals with a public private partnership. That’s nearly 38 per cent more than the public…
If ever there were evidence to suggest its time the government abandon the mental health bed targets set out in the 1990s Health Restructuring Commission, it is the skyrocketing encounters…
The Ontario government has frequently looked to England in setting the course of health care reform. From public-private partnerships to “commissioning” of private clinics to deliver public care, the model…
After years of telling hospitals to raise the price of parking to make ends meet, the Liberals are now saying they will cap such costs should they be returned to…
