The Ontario Government and Ontario Medical Association has made an agreement to reduce virtual care fees in Ontario. Some Doctors are saying that is decision could have many 'unintended consequences' especially considering the current overwhelmed state of our pediatric emergency departments. The cut in fees - an almost 75% reduction - could leave many patients with fewer care options.
Ontario's air ambulance service says it's seeing an increase in the number of children it transports, with a higher number of those transfers due to respiratory illnesses. The increase comes as its pediatric hospital partners also see a rise in the number of patients seeking care due to a combination of RSV, the flu and COVID-19.
Caring Support was one of the sponsors for the IBT College Home Care Staffing Forum and Career Fair last week in London, ON. The Home Care Forum - a first of its kind - brought together many healthcare organizations facing the same staffing issues in International & Domestic Recruitment, Employee Retention, Immigration, and Leadership. Read about the full event in this article.
The Ontario government is increasing its construction funding subsidy to support the cost of developing or redeveloping a long-term care home. This additional funding will help fast-track the construction of new long-term care beds before August 31, 2023. This supports the government’s $6.4 billion commitment to build more than 30,000 net new beds by 2028 and 28,000 upgraded long-term care beds across the province.
Have you ever wanted to sit down with an employer and ask them about their recruitment practices? Well, we did just that! At the Caring Support Podcast, we recently had two talent acquisition specialists from CBI Health, Canada's leading community healthcare provider, and we asked them questions that will help healthcare workers understand recruitment better and find success in their search for new employment opportunities.
Ontario has asked thousands of family healthcare workers to work evenings and weekends to help ease the burden on overwhelmed children's hospitals. In a memo sent by the director of the primary health care branch in the Ministry of Health, they said that due to the "difficult and complex" respiratory illness surge, they request organizations "to offer clinical services 7 days a week, including evening availability, until further notice, to meet the needs of patients."
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