Waterloo-Wellington hospitals spent $31.9 million on for-profit staffing agencies in 2022-23, marking a 288 per cent increase over 10 years
Private staffing agencies drained $9.2 billion from public hospitals over 10-year period. Kitchener, ON – A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario make significant increases in hospital funding while phasing out costly for-profit staffing agencies and making investments in preventative health care. The report Hollowed Out: Ontario public hospitals…