Report Recommends Banning for-Profit Health Care Staffing Agencies

Ban for-profit staffing agency spending in hospitals, says economist

Author from Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says spending on for-profit is a 'poor use of tax dollars'

Report recommends banning for-profit health care staffing agencies

The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions is urging the provincial government to move away from for-profit staffing agencies after a new study revealed they've cost Ontario hospitals $9.2 billion in the last 10 years

Hospitals’ use of 'for-profit' agencies too costly, gutting provincial health care, study says

Kingston and other Ontario hospitals' use of private agencies costs over $9 billion in the last decade, according to a new study.

Hospital spending on private staffing agencies shot up by 216 per cent in North Eastern Ontario: CCPA report | OCHU * CUPE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hospital spending on private staffing agencies shot up by 216 per cent in North Eastern Ontario: CCPA report North Bay – A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario significantly increase hospital funding while pha

Hospital unions say underfunding leads to ‘dramatic’ growth in spending

By Richard Coffin The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions says a new report shows hospital spending on for-profit agencies jumped by 216% in Northeastern Ontario over 10 years.   The union cites a research study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.  Officials say the staffing crisis stemming from chronic underfunding of Ontario’s hospitals has fueled a dramatic growth in the use of for-profit staffing agencies, to the tune of $9.2 bill…

'A historic moment': Province pledges $50 million for new hospital and healthcare campus in Kenora, officially moving project to Phase II of the design process

The idea of a new hospital in Kenora is, thanks to the Government of Ontario, very much alive and kicking.