Ontario health care

The transformation inside the Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) unit at Brampton Civic Hospital is striking. The walls are splashed with vibrant colours, while the doors to patients’ rooms are sheathed in decals that mimic the…

Ottawa has inked health-care accords with five provinces just two weeks after presenting its $196.1 billion offer to premiers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday, paving the way for new investments and improvements to…

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he had a productive meeting Thursday with two federal ministers on Ottawa’s health-care funding offer, but there is still “a little bit” of work to do. Ford and Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones met…

Ontario’s premier and health minister say the province will accept any new spending and investments on health care from the federal government, but they are concerned about the timelines of the funding being offered by Ottawa. Premier…

A decided “change in tone” over the last few weeks has brought Ottawa closer than ever to reaching a deal that would end a standoff between premiers and the federal government over health-care funding, says Health Minister Jean-Yves…

In a bid to shore up staffing in Ontario’s hospitals, the Ford government is planning new legislation to allow health-care workers from other Canadian provinces immediately start practising in Ontario. The new “as of right” rules, the…

Ontario’s controversial plan to expand the private delivery of public health care raises “legitimate concerns” about whether diverting millions of taxpayer dollars into for-profit clinics could erode equitable access to public health…

The number of children transported between Ontario’s overburdened hospitals shot to new heights in November as a triple threat of respiratory viruses piled pressure on the province’s health-care system. New data from Ornge, which…