Highlights include:
- Investing more than $345 million in all publicly-funded hospitals, including a one per cent increase to base funding.
- Creating more integrated, team-based primary care with an additional $85 million over three years to recruit and retain qualified primary care staff.
- An additional $130 million in cancer care services, over the next three years, allowing for the delivery of more services and preventive programs.
- Increasing funding by $250 million to expand capacity to deliver high-quality home and community care.
- Making the shingles vaccine free for eligible seniors aged 65 to 70, saving them about $170 in out-of-pocket expenses.
- As part of the 10-year Mental Health and Addictions Strategy, investing an additional $4 million for 248 new supportive housing units.
- Investing an additional $75 million in community-based hospices and palliative care, for a total investment of about $155 million over three years.
- Increasing annual funding for Behavioural Supports Ontario by $10 million, building on base funding of $44 million and other substantial increases the government has made in long-term care homes since 2003/04.
- Keeping Ontarians healthy by using $5 million of increased revenues from new tobacco tax to support investments to enhance priority populations’ access to smoking cessation services.
Full article at: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care