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Primary care in Canada is suffering and doctors want input on how to fix it
Monday, June 30th, 2025
OurCare — the largest public conversation about primary care in Canadian history. Over 16 months, nearly 10,000 people across the country shared their experiences and hopes for the future through a national survey, citizen panels and community around tables. Despite differences in geography, age, and background, people largely agreed on what needs to change… six statements make up the OurCare Standard — a bold, people-powered vision for what primary care in Canada should look like.
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We are CEOs of two leading health centres and decided it was time to align our specialties
Thursday, June 26th, 2025
For decades, mental and physical health care in Canada have been separated — in policy, practice and perception… People living with mental illness often face significantly poorer physical health outcomes… people receiving treatment for physical conditions, such as cancer or heart disease, often face mental health challenges, including depression and anxiety, that can impact recovery, long-term outcomes and even survival. This fragmented model fails to treat the whole person, leading to delayed diagnoses, repeat hospital visits and ultimately, worse health outcomes.
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As Ontario pumps millions into private health care, public health will continue to suffer
Wednesday, June 11th, 2025
Private facilities seem like a quick fix, but it leaves the public system with fewer health-care workers, which only further exacerbates public wait times. It’s a domino effect that’s difficult to stop. But stop it must. Longer-term strategies are needed. Ontario’s decision to fund primary care teams is a major step in the right direction, but simultaneously funding private facilities will only further erode access to public ones. It’s a downward spiral that Ontario continues to actively fund… Half a billion dollars spent on private health facilities leaves half a billion dollars less to pay for public ones.
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Healthcare in Ontario – The Next Chapter
Thursday, June 5th, 2025
The purpose of this bulletin is to summarize the PC’s healthcare platform… Generally, the platform emphasizes improving access to essential services, addressing workforce shortages, and investing in critical health infrastructure to meet the growing needs of the province’s population. The PC’s health-related commitments as part of the 2025 election reflect many of the commitments made by the party in the last provincial election in 2022
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Ontario aims to get 300,000 patients off doctor wait-list with new clinics
Friday, April 11th, 2025
… the government plans to establish up to 80 new or expanded clinics — featuring teams of doctors, nurse practitioners and other health-care providers — based on postal codes with the biggest need in communities such as Toronto, Durham and Halton regions, Ottawa, and up north in Nipissing and Sudbury… Using postal codes will allow the government to “put some investments in teams in those areas to be able to have that big impact as quickly as possible, recognizing there is need everywhere,”
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Why Canadian-trained doctors should be allowed to practise anywhere in Canada without additional licensing
Monday, March 24th, 2025
Why, then, are doctors with identical training and qualifications confined to practising in just one province or territory? The answer lies not in medical competence, but in bureaucracy. Despite national standards for training and qualification, the power to grant a licence rests with 13 separate provincial and territorial regulatory colleges. This fragmented system creates artificial barriers, limiting the mobility of our highly skilled physicians across Canada.
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Canadian Dental Care Plan expands to include millions of new eligible Canadians
Sunday, March 23rd, 2025
Up to 4.5 million uninsured Canadians between 18 and 64 years-old are expected to join the millions of seniors, children, and adults with a valid Disability Tax Credit certificate already eligible for affordable oral health care services under the CDCP. To date, close to 98% of active dentists, denturists, dental hygienists, and dental specialists in Canada, including those in educational institutions, are caring for patients covered under the CDCP.
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Ontario’s nurse practitioners urge province for clarity on publicly funded care
Saturday, January 18th, 2025
Canada has witnessed the arrival of companies offering for-profit medical care, including care delivered online, in which patients are charged a fee to access primary care from both doctors and NPs. Holland’s office said the minister’s new interpretation of the Canada Health Act leaves it up to the provinces and territories to decide if virtual health services are incorporated into their public health plans.
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Free treatment for adults with depression and anxiety now available in Ontario
Sunday, January 12th, 2025
Ontario Structured Psychotherapy (OSP) is a free program for adults 18+ experiencing depression or anxiety-related concerns. Available virtually, by phone and in-person, OSP offers a range of services designed to address patient concerns and teach practical coping skills and strategies.
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Access to care: 5 principles for action on primary health-care teams
Friday, January 10th, 2025
… a “health home”…would guarantee every person access to a primary care team close to where they live. The Primary Care Action Team has announced its plans to achieve this goal within five years. A health home is the front door to the health system and includes a team of primary care providers that supports an individual’s health and wellness; co-ordinating care across the system and through every stage of their lives… based on where you live… just as you would have access to your local school.
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