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The struggle between Hamilton hospital cuts and private clinic growth (opens the original)
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The cost to public hospitals of the provinceâs increasing investment in private surgical and diagnostic centres is âplaying out dramatically in Hamilton,â says a union representing health-care workers losing their jobs to budget cuts. âYouâve got a government that is deliberately underfunding the public hospital systems in this community on the one hand â and on the other hand, itâs funding up these private surgical centres,â said Michael Hurley, president of the Ontario Council
Ontario on track to lose 2,522 nurses and 2,407 hospital beds (opens the original)
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Days after Hamiltonâs largest hospital network told its staff about deep cuts, the provinceâs financial watchdog warned underfunding is putting the province at risk of losing thousands of nurses and beds. The Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO) flagged in a report Wednesday that Ontario is on a path to lose 2,522 provincially funded nurses and 2,407 funded hospital beds by the fiscal year 2028/29. Just five days earlier on Sept. 18, Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) told its staff
City share of public health bill going up while province pays less (opens the original)
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The city is footing an increasing amount of the bill for public health, raising questions about sustainability and the consequences of refusing to cover the gap. As the 2027 budget process starts, the city contributing âmore than its fair shareâ to the growing costs was raised by multiple members of the Board of Health Sept. 21. âWhy is the municipal share here so much larger than the senior levels of government and what are we getting for that?â Coun. Craig Cassar said. âThis is a sig
What happened when citizens got a say in how Hamilton public health is governed (opens the original)
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Changing public health governance to bring community members to the decision-making table has had a âpromising startâ in Hamilton, but âremains a work in progress.â An evaluation of the cityâs first semi-autonomous board of health points to some major growing pains such as âtensionâ with public health staff and the uncertain relationship with city council. In addition, consultants MASS LBP reference the hesitancy of citizen members to speak their minds, and their difficulty forming
HHS laying off 143 nurses sparks fury (opens the original)
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Hamiltonâs largest hospital network is looking to cut 413 jobs less than two weeks after the province announced thousands of new seats for health-care programs at colleges and universities. Between May and Sept. 10, the Progressive Conservative government has funded 16,100 more seats in health-care programs that are meant to connect students to good-paying, in-demand careers. But the Registered Nursesâ Association of Ontario (RNAO) questions where theyâre going to work after Hamilton Healt
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