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A provincial funding freeze is leading Brockville General Hospital to cut front-line staffing and endanger patient health, a small group of health care union advocates said Tuesday. The Ontario Health Coalition launched a petition urging the provincial government to stop the recently announced cuts at BGH and improve hospital funding. “There’s no question that the quality of care…

A new four year contract has been ratified by Saskatchewan physicians. The contract agreement covers the period April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2017.  Approximately 90 per cent of physicians voted in favour of the agreement. “This agreement represents a fair and competitive compensation package for the growing number of physicians in our province,” Health Minister Dustin Duncan…

Federal share should be a minimum of 25% say Premiers and nurses   (St. John’s) – Canada’s Premiers strongly support Canada’s nurses’ call for the federal government to commit to increase the Canada Health Transfer to a minimum of 25% of all health care spending by provinces and territories. In a statement on Providing Services for an Aging Population, the…

(St. John’s) – A new report by the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU), released at the Council of the Federation, revealed that reductions in federal health transfers may be greater than first feared, leading to a greater strain on provinces already struggling to sustain Canada’s public health care system.   “From its inception, health care was intended…

It is extremely distressing to hear that Sudbury Health Sciences North (HSN) has eliminated about 40 full-time and part-time registered nurse (RN) positions since January 2015.  Once again, RNs are made to bear the brunt of poor fiscal planning and budget restraints. The reduction of these positions, resulting in the elimination of approximately 63,000 hours of direct nursing care,…