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

  • A recent study reveals that over a decade, hospitals in Ontario allocated more than $9 billion toward hiring nurses and other personnel through private staffing agencies.
  • This spending surge coincided with a 331 per cent rise in hospital job vacancies and a near doubling of agency staffing costs during this period.
  • In 2022-23, agency personnel contributed a very small fraction of direct care hours in hospitals—just four-tenths of one percent—but their involvement accounted for six percent of overall hospital labour expenditures, with rural and northern facilities experiencing particularly high financial impacts.
  • Study author Andrew Longhurst highlighted that Ontario taxpayers are not receiving adequate benefits for their expenditures and called for a gradual elimination of staffing agencies, alongside a $2 billion increase in hospital base funding.
  • Ontario re-introduced legislation in late 2024 to increase agency billing transparency, but it stalled before the election, while reliance on costly agencies continues to undermine permanent staffing.
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Ontario hospitals spent over $9B on agency staff over 10 years, study finds

TORONTO - 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.

·Toronto, Canada
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CBC News broke the news in Canada on Monday, May 12, 2025.
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