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Wait Times at Ontario Emergency Rooms Have Spiked over Past 5 Years, Study Says
CCPA says hospital costs are rising 6% a year while provincial funding lags, leaving most hospitals in deficit and pushing wait times higher.
- A new Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report reveals more than half of Ontario's 136 hospitals have carried operational deficits since 2022, with forecasts suggesting over 70 per cent will be in the red by the end of the 2025-26 fiscal year.
- Rising hospital costs of six per cent annually have outpaced provincial funding, disproportionately affecting smaller and rural facilities that account for 61 per cent of hospitals in deficit despite representing only 49 per cent of Ontario's total.
- Emergency department wait times for initial physician assessments surged 67 per cent over five years to 4.5 hours, while inpatient admission wait times increased 52 per cent to 44 hours, highlighting deteriorating patient access.
- On Monday, Health Minister Sylvia Jones stated hospitals are on a "three-year path to balance," while the province expands pharmacist powers to treat common ailments and divert non-urgent cases from emergency departments.
- The CCPA recommends the province "immediately increase funding to improve hospital finances and capacity," while NDP Leader Marit Stiles criticized the government, arguing officials are failing to address patients being treated in hallways.
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Wait times at Ontario emergency rooms have spiked over past 5 years, study says
Wait times for people seeking care at emergency departments across Ontario have dramatically increased over the past five years amid a “deepening Ontario hospital funding crisis,” according to a new report.
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Most hospitals in north, western Ontario have budget deficits: Report
TORONTO — More than half of hospitals across Ontario have been running deficits since 2022, despite being required by law to have balanced budgets, with hospitals in northern and western Ontario, along with small and rural hospitals, struggling the most.
·London, Canada
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