Ontario hospitals spent over $9B on agency staff over 10 years, study finds

Ford should push for hospital funding reform in Ontario

The government should pay hospitals for the care they actually provide. This creates an incentive to treat more patients, Mackenzie Moir writes.

Billions spent on private agency nurses 'hollowing out' hospitals: report

The more than $9 billion in spending is 'hollowing out' provincial hospitals and adding to their financial pressures, a report warns.

Ontario paid private staffing agencies $9B over ten years, study finds

Ontario recently re-introduced legislation that would require agencies to report billing or pay rate information and would allow the government to publish some of those details

Ontario hospitals spent more than $9-billion on agency staff over 10 years, study finds

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives study found that from 2013-14 to 2022-23 public hospital spending on staff increased 6%, but their spending on private agencies increased 98%

Ontario hospitals spent over $9B on for-profit nursing agencies in past decade: study

A new study concludes Ontario hospitals spent more than $9 billion on nurses and other staff from for-profit agencies in a 10-year period. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives study examined financial statements for 134 Ontario hospital corporations as well as data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information. It found that from 2013-14 to […]

Ontario hospitals spent over $9B on agency staff over 10 years, study finds

Ontario hospitals spent more than $9 billion on nurses and other staff from for-profit agencies in a 10-year period, a new study concludes.