Hospital spending on private staffing agencies shot up by 216 per cent in North Eastern Ontario: CCPA report
Across Ontario, hospitals spent $9.2 billion on staffing agencies between 2013-14 and 2022-23 North Bay – A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario significantly increase hospital funding while phasing out costly for-profit staffing agencies and making investments in preventative health care. The report Hollowed Out: Ontario public hospitals…