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Finally, the Liberals are taking a step toward pharmacare
Monday, August 12th, 2019
The fact is, patients in countries with universal pharmacare have not seen a reduction in accessibility to new drugs. And it beggars belief that pharmaceutical companies would not conduct research to create new drugs that could earn them billions just because wee Canada introduces a pharmacare program.
Tags: economy, featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, pharmaceutical, standard of living
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Health Minister Christine Elliott promises transparency in new health care system
Saturday, August 10th, 2019
Once… Ontario Health is fully making the decisions on all aspects of those issues that were dealt with by the LHINs before, then they will be having public meetings.”… the Ontario Health Teams — alliances of local health providers that will oversee most aspects of health care within their jurisdictions — will be required to hold public meetings and publicly post minutes.
Tags: budget, featured, Health, ideology, mental Health, participation
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Early interventions needed in mental health care
Friday, August 9th, 2019
… funding has fallen by over 50 per cent over the past 25 years at a time when demand is exploding. Without political intervention, the gap between demand and supply will continue to grow. To counter this shortage of care, we need more practitioners… Interprofessional care teams are more efficient and allow our most specialized and expensive interventions to be matched to patients with the most significant needs.
Tags: budget, mental Health, standard of living, youth
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Ontario government apologizes for autism program changes; needs-based model won’t launch until next April
Tuesday, July 30th, 2019
Todd Smith, Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, acknowledged for the first time on Monday that changes to the autism program announced earlier this year were poorly conceived. “It’s clear to me that we didn’t get the redesign right the first time. I’m here to tell you we will now”… He added: “We are certainly sorry for the anxiety this has caused parents across Ontario.”
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, featured, ideology, mental Health, participation, standard of living, youth
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The serious health risks of ‘second-hand’ drinking
Tuesday, July 30th, 2019
Harm from second-hand drinking can range from the emotional stress on the drinker’s loved ones and the damage done to babies born with fetal alcohol syndrome, to threats, vandalism or being injured by a drink driver. Those aged under 25 were most at risk from someone else’s drinking. Take into account the knock-on effect of alcohol-fuelled domestic violence and crime, and you get an idea of how far the damage from alcohol use truly spreads
Tags: Health, mental Health
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Does our system for dealing with mentally ill offenders need a rethink?
Monday, July 29th, 2019
it is wrong to characterize a mentally ill person who has committed a violent crime as permanently dangerous. According to a study from 2015, among people who committed a major violent crime and were found NCR, fewer than 1 in 100 went on to reoffend. Treatment often works… something went very wrong in this case… But there is no reason to scrap a system that, in dealing with mentally ill people who have committed crimes, is reducing threats and serving the public interest.
Tags: crime prevention, disabilities, ideology, mental Health
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Ontarians pay their doctors $12 billion a year. So why can’t they know where their taxpayer money is going?
Sunday, July 28th, 2019
“We have a great shortage of doctors in needed areas like geriatrics, rehabilitation medicine and family medicine, at least in part because those doctors are underpaid relative to other specialties,” Glazier said. “Having the right mix of specialties to serve the population matters to everyone who cares about our health system and population health.”
Tags: budget, economy, Health, ideology, mental Health, rights, standard of living
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Mental health reform in Ontario is no easy matter
Friday, July 26th, 2019
Without innovative new approaches to treatment, the rising cost curve will place unprecedented pressure on already soaring health budgets… Experience shows that CBT yields impressive results with far shorter treatments, and can be delivered by other regulated health care practitioners, not just psychiatrists.
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Ontario can’t ignore the dangers of making booze more available
Friday, July 26th, 2019
Before the recent changes, Ontario had the most restricted alcohol sales of all the provinces – and, not coincidentally, the third-lowest per-capita consumption. The highest consumption tends to occur in provinces where alcohol is most readily available for sale… the costs are significant. Direct health-care costs pinned on alcohol use in 2014 were tallied at $11.1-billion.
Tags: economy, featured, Health, jurisdiction, mental Health
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Doug Ford failing to keep his health care promises
Wednesday, July 24th, 2019
The funding reductions do not come to an Ontario health care system with excessive resources: indeed, Ontario already has fewer per capita hospital beds than any other province… The only apparent action the premier has taken on the mental health front is cutting, by more than $330 million per year, the previous government’s planned increase to mental health funding… Our new minister has publicly campaigned to revise the Canada Health Act to allow for private health care delivery.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, mental Health, privatization
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