UXBRIDGE — The Ontario government is investing an additional $8.9 million to support the redevelopment and expansion of Oak Valley Health’s Uxbridge Hospital site, connecting more people in Uxbridge and across Durham Region to world-class care close to home. In addition, the expansion at Oak Valley Health – Uxbridge will include a brand new 192-bed long-term care home co-located on the hospital campus, …
ORILLIA — As part of 2025 Ontario Budget: A Plan to Protect Ontario, the Ontario government is beginning the process for the construction of a new Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital. This new hospital will connect more families in Orillia and the surrounding communities to more convenient, high-quality care close to home. “Our government’s nearly $60 billion plan to build and upgrade more than …
TORONTO — The Ontario government is introducing the Primary Care Act, 2025. This legislation, if passed, will make Ontario the first Canadian jurisdiction to establish a framework for its publicly funded primary care system so that people in Ontario know what they can expect when accessing primary care services, no matter where they live. This legislation is part of the government’s Primary Care …
TORONTO —The Ontario government has re-introduced the More Convenient Care Act to continue to deliver on the province’s plan to protect health care and provide more people with the right publicly funded care, in the right place by building healthier communities and bolstering the province’s health care workforce for years to come. “With the More Convenient Care Act, our government is continuing to …
GUELPH — Construction is underway on the phased expansion of the emergency department at Guelph General Hospital (GGH), making it faster and easier for people in Guelph, Wellington and surrounding communities to connect to emergency mental health and addictions care closer to home. “Our government is protecting Ontario’s health care system and ensuring that more people in Guelph and across Wellington County can …
SCARBOROUGH — The Ontario government is celebrating the completion of Scarborough Health Network’s (SHN) new Northpine Diagnostic Imaging Department at their General Hospital site, connecting more people to the world-class diagnostic care they need, close to home. “Our government is protecting Ontario’s provincial health care system by ensuring that more people in Scarborough and across Toronto can connect to convenient diagnostic …
TORONTO — The Ontario government and the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) have received a mediated arbitration award that increases funding to expand access to physician services across the province, including expanded services in rural and northern Ontario and stable staffing for emergency departments across the province. This funding is a result of a September 2024 arbitration award that will increase funding for specific targeted health care …
TORONTO — Nine drug injection sites located within 200 metres of a school or child-care centre have successfully transitioned into and opened as new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hubs. These hubs, located in Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Kitchener, Guelph and Thunder Bay, are part of the Ontario government’s almost $550 million investment to support the creation of a total …
TORONTO — The Ontario government is investing $1.8 billion to connect two million more people to a publicly funded family doctor or primary care team within four years, which will achieve the government’s goal of connecting everyone in the province to a family doctor or primary care team. This investment includes $1.4 billion in new funding, alongside more than $400 million in …
LONDON — The Ontario government is making it faster and easier for people in London and the surrounding area to connect to the surgeries and procedures they need by supporting the expansion of the Nazem Kadri Surgical Centre at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC). “Our government continues to lead the country with the shortest surgical wait times of any province …
