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Ontario hospitals told to find savings; ministry doesn’t rule out service cuts
Ontario hospitals must create three-year balanced budgets amid a $360 million deficit last year and a $1 billion funding shortfall this year, risking service cuts if deficits worsen.
- On Oct. 20, 2025, Ontario's Ministry of Health instructed hospitals to develop three-year balanced plans and said service cuts remain possible for extreme cases, Jackson Jacobs wrote.
- Funding trends show Ontario hospitals ended last month $360 million in the red and must plan for annual funding increases of two per cent, according to the Ontario Hospital Association.
- Hospitals were told to begin low-risk measures immediately, implementing savings with no or minimal clinical reductions via attrition while regional and provincial planning tables review higher-risk proposals.
- A spokesperson for Health Minister Sylvia Jones declined to say how many hospitals proposed service reductions last month, while Tim Vine warned services may shrink in 12 months and Kevin Smith expects no access cuts.
- The FAO's outlook suggests tariff impacts will keep Ontario in deficit until 2030, and the government writes that hospitals should plan for long-term stability, with some service reductions possible.
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Ontario hospitals told to find savings; ministry doesn’t rule out service cuts
Ontario’s Ministry of Health has tasked hospitals struggling with deficits to come up with a three-year plan to balance their budgets, and service cuts and bed closures do not appear to be off the table for extreme cases.
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