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Ontario will be providing more than $3 million to expand emergency mental health services at hospitals in Guelph and in Wellington County. The following hospitals will be receiving new emergency mental health funding: Guelph General Hospital: $2,416,300 Groves Memorial Community…

A group of doctors accuses the Ontario Medical Association of “complete surrender” in its negotiations with the government on a new fee agreement, and warns the deal will have a devastating impact on patient care. The advocacy group “Concerned Ontario…

This investment will help clients and caregivers most in need, including $80 million for enhanced home care and $20 million for caregiver respite. Home care patients and those who care for them will benefit from approximately: 350,000 additional hours of…

The new health hub will consolidate selected services from three hospitals and four community health service providers onto one site in Orléans. When complete, patients in the Orléans area will benefit from bilingual, integrated and patient-centered services closer to home…

Today, Parliamentary Assistant John Fraser visited Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Pleasant Manor Retirement Village long-term care home. This is one of more than 300 long-term care homes that Ontario is helping redevelop over the next nine years.  Through these enhancements, residents will benefit…

Ontario is investing more than $3.6 million in a new radiation treatment unit at the Stronach Regional Cancer Centre at Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket. More than 400 additional cancer patients from York Region and south Simcoe County will…

A study using undercover observers to check how often health-care workers wash their hands has offered powerful new evidence that Canadian hospitals’ much-vaunted hygiene rates are more illusion than reality. Medical students in the study who secretly monitored hand cleaning…

The province and the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) have reached a tentative four-year agreement that would, if ratified, strengthen the quality, access and timeliness of health care while providing a predictable physician services budget. The tentative agreement contains annual increases…

The federal government has announced $382 million in new funding to implement Jordan’s Principle —  the rule adopted by the House of Commons in 2007 ensuring equal access to health care and social services for First Nations children. The money will fund the Liberal government’s…

Apple wants to encourage millions of iPhone owners to register as organ donors through a software update that will add an easy sign-up button to the health information app that comes installed on every smartphone the company makes. CEO Tim…