Peterborough requires 107 extra hospital beds and 493 additional staff to meet demand over next four years, says new report on province’s hospital crisis

Health Care, Solidarity

A new analysis warns of a deeper crisis if the Ford government sticks to its woefully insufficient plan and does not invest in improving hospital staffing and capacity levels Peterborough, ON – The crisis in the province’s hospital sector will only worsen over the next four years, unless Ontario makes significant investments to improve staffing…

Waterloo Region hospitals require 167 extra beds and 1,030 additional staff to meet demand over next four years, says new report on province’s hospital crisis

Health Care, OCHU

 A new analysis warns of a deeper crisis if the Ford government sticks to its woefully insufficient plan and does not invest in boosting hospital staffing and capacity levels Kitchener, ON – The crisis in the province’s hospital sector will only worsen over the next four years, unless Ontario makes significant investments to improve staffing…

London hospitals require 343 more beds and 3,094 additional staff to meet demand over next four years, says new report on province’s hospital crisis

Health Care, OCHU

 A new analysis warns of a deeper crisis if the Ford government sticks to its woefully insufficient plan and does not invest in boosting hospital staffing and capacity levels London, ON – The crisis in the province’s hospital sector will only worsen over the next four years, unless Ontario makes significant investments to improve staffing…

Patient care will worsen in Niagara hospitals unless Ford government reverses course on staffing and capacity issues, says new report on province’s hospital crisis

Health Care

Niagara hospitals must increase staffing and capacity by 22 per cent each to meet patient needs, in sharp contrast to the government’s insufficient plan: OCHU/CUPE. Niagara Falls, ON – The crisis in the province’s hospital sector will only worsen over the next four years, unless Ontario makes significant investments to improve staffing levels and capacity,…

Patient care will worsen in Hamilton hospitals unless Ford government reverses course on staffing and capacity issues, says new report on province’s hospital crisis

Health Care, Solidarity

Hamilton hospitals must increase staffing and capacity by 22 per cent each to meet patient needs, in sharp contrast to the government’s insufficient plan: OCHU/CUPE Hamilton, ON – The crisis in the province’s hospital sector will only worsen over the next four years, unless Ontario makes significant investments to improve staffing levels and capacity, warns…

Patient care will worsen in Durham Region hospitals unless Ford government reverses course on staffing and capacity issues, says new report on province’s hospital crisis

Health Care, OCHU

Durham Region hospitals must increase staffing and capacity by 22 per cent each to meet patient needs, in sharp contrast to the government’s insufficient plan: OCHU/CUPE Oshawa, ON – The crisis in the province’s hospital sector will only worsen over the next four years, unless Ontario makes significant investments to improve staffing levels and capacity,…

Hospital workers rally across Toronto to demand Unity Health CEO push back against Ford government privatization scheme

Governmental, Health Care

TORONTO, ON – Workers from hospitals across Toronto held a series of rallies today outside St. Joseph’s Health Centre, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Providence Healthcare to speak out against the Ford government’s plan to privatize hospital services. Healthcare workers from the three sites, which are operated by Unity Health Toronto, included nurses, personal support workers,…

“Say no to privatization:” more than 700 St. Mary’s General front-line workers call on hospital president to help defend public healthcare

Health Care, Solidarity

KITCHENER, ON – Front-line hospital workers delivered a petition to the St. Mary’s General Hospital management staff on Monday afternoon, calling on the hospital president to take a stand against the provincial government’s plan to privatize hospital services. The action was part of a demonstration of about 100 healthcare workers organized by a coalition of…

Arbitrator awards 45,000 Ontario hospital workers 6.25% wage increase; registered practical nurses to get additional incentive

Health Care, OCHU, Solidarity

TORONTO, ON – On Tuesday, Arbitrator Kaplan’s Bill 124 reopener award recognized the extent to which Doug Ford’s Bill 124 unconstitutionally suppressed union member wages — particularly given the combined effects of the pandemic, the healthcare worker recruitment and retention crisis and inflation — and determined that these factors must be reflected in compensation increases…