HOSPITALS ROUNDUP: Major Hospital Reports, Analysis, Backgrounders, Fact Sheets, Briefing Notes & Media Releases
Posted: September 25, 2020
On this page you can find a roundup of Ontario Health Coalition Hospital:
Reports/Analysis
- REPORT: Tracking the Spread of COVID-19: Sharp escalation in large COVID-19 outbreaks in health care settings – Data updated to January 8 January 11, 2021
- REPORT: Tracking the Spread of COVID-19: Sharp escalation in large COVID-19 outbreaks in health care settings – Data updated to December 1 December 3, 2020
- REPORT: Tracking the Spread of COVID-19: COVID Numbers in Health Care Outbreaks Escalating Dramatically – Data Updated to November 17 November 19, 2020
- REPORT & RELEASE: Ontario Is Experiencing Exponential Growth of COVID-19 Cases In Long-Term Care – OHC’s Roundup of Most Recent Case Numbers November 10, 2020
- REPORT: Tracking of COVID-19 Outbreaks in Health Care Settings – Data Updated to October 28 November 3, 2020
- RELEASE & ANALYSIS: Health Coalition Calls for Government to Flow Urgently Needed Money to Hospitals and Long-Term Care; Staffing Announcements Far Less Than Other Provinces October 2, 2020
- RELEASE & REPORT: Rate of Increase in COVID-19 among Staff, Residents, and Patients in Ontario’s Health Care Settings More Than Doubled: Coalition Fears Second Wave in Long-Term Care September 23, 2020
- RELEASE & REPORT: Ford Government Must Be Transparent About COVID-19 Outbreaks, Improve Public Access to Information: Health Coalition Releases Updated Reports on Outbreaks in Health & Non-Health Sectors September 9, 2020
- RELEASE & REPORT: Updated Tracking Reports Shows New 30 Outbreaks & Increase in Deaths in Health & Congregate Care Settings; New Outbreaks in Agriculture, Retail, Shelters and other Non-Health Care Industries July 23, 2020
- RELEASE & REPORT: Most Recent Tracking Report Shows that Ministry of Long-Term Care & Public Health Ontario Have Discontinued Public Reporting of Vital COVID-19 Data, Outbreaks in Health Settings Down but Death Rate Continues to Rise June 23, 2020
- RELEASE & REPORT: Death Toll Among Patients, Residents and Staff in Health Care Settings up 18.4% in 2 weeks: OHC Tracking Numbers Still Growing But More Slowly June 5, 2020
- REPORT: New Report on COVID-19 Outbreaks in Health Settings – Data Updated to May 19 June 2, 2020
- REPORT: COVID-19 outbreaks in health settings almost doubled, death toll up by 333.7% – Data updated to May 5 May 12, 2020
- RELEASE & REPORT: Staff & Patients Infected by COVID-19 Outbreaks in Health Care Settings Almost Doubled, Death Toll increased by 333.7 % in 2-weeks: Outbreaks are Not Under Control May 12, 2020
- ANALYSIS: Key Message & Quick Analysis of Ford Government Economic Statement Just Released March 25, 2020
- ANALYSIS: Analysis of the North Bay Mayor’s Roundtable Report February 10, 2020
- REPORT: Review of the Plan to Close More than Half of the Existing Residential Addiction Treatment Beds and Hospital Crisis/Safe Beds from North Bay Regional Health Centre February 6, 2020
- RELEASE & ANALYSIS: Health Care Omnibus Bill Sets Up Ontario for Health System Mega-Mergers & Privatization: Worse than the Leaked Draft, Health Coalition Warns February 27, 2019
- REPORT: Our Hospitals, Our Communities: Report on Hospital Care Surveys in Chatham-Kent March 28, 2017
- REPORT: “Beyond Limits”: Ontario’s community hospital cuts worst in Canada April 13, 2016
- FULL REPORT: Planned Closure of Five Hospital in Niagara Puts Patients At Risk, Warns International Health Expert April 2, 2015
- REPORT: A Rural Nurse Speaks Out: New Report Appeals for Devastating Cuts to Small Community Hospitals to Stop July 17, 2014
- REPORT: Private Health Clinics Using Manipulative Tactics to Over-Bill Patients: Ontario Health Coalition Report July 17, 2014
- REPORT: Proposed Scarborough-West Durham Hospital Merger: New report highlights $30 million cost and exposes plans to close hospital sites July 17, 2014
- REPORT: The Austerity Index Part I: Health Care cuts and deficits across Ontario December 5, 2012
- REPORT: No Vacancy: Hospital Overcrowding in Ontario, Impact on Patient Safety and Access to Care July 21, 2011
- REPORT: Rural and Northern Framework/Plan March 8, 2011
- REPORT: Toward Equality and Access: Realigning Ontario’s Approach to Small and Rural Hospitals to Serve Public Values May 17, 2010
- REPORT: Putting Patients at Risk: Interviews with Ontario Paramedics on the Consequences of Closing Local Emergency Departments June 18, 2009
Backgrounders/Fact Sheets/Briefing Notes
- RELEASE & BACKGROUNDER: Health Coalition Demands that Ford Government Stop Privatizing Health Care Under Cover of COVID-19: “There is no excuse not to use reopen & ramp up existing capacity in public system”, Coalition will do everything in its power to stop the undermining of public health care September 24, 2020
- RELEASE & BACKGROUNDER: Province Ignored Repeated Warnings and Evidence Leading to Yesterday’s Declaration of “State of Emergency” in Brampton Hospital, Similar Issues Apply Across Ontario January 24, 2020
- BRIEFING NOTE: Ontario Health Coalition Briefing Note on Ontario Cabinet Shuffle: Deep Concerns about Ideological Positions of New Minister of Long-Term Care & Associate Minister of Mental Health & Addictions June 21, 2019
- BRIEFING NOTE: Pre-Budget Note April 26, 2017
- RELEASE & BACKGROUND: Ontario Government Responsible for Overwhelmed Hospital Emergency Departments: Critical Bed Shortages “Systemic and Pervasive” January 10, 2017
- RELEASE: Briefing Notes on Ontario’s Hospital Cuts and Restructuring 2008/2009 December 2, 2008
- FACT SHEET: Hospital Cuts and Restructuring: A Closer Look January 31, 2006
- FACT SHEET: Hospital Funding January 1, 2000
- FACT SHEET: Hospital Fact Sheet # 2 May 1, 1999
- FACT SHEET: Hospital Fact Sheet # 1 February 1, 1999
Media Releases
- RELEASE: COVID-19 Outbreaks in Health Care Settings Threaten to Topple Devastating Records Set in the First Wave January 11, 2021
- RELEASE: Emergency: COVID-19 Crisis Situation In Ontario Requires Stronger Measures AND Stronger Supports for People Impacted, Today is Deadliest Day of Pandemic So Far January 7, 2021
- RELEASE: By No Measure are they Under Control: Large Outbreaks of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care, Hospitals, Retirement Homes Escalating Sharply- New Tracking Report December 3, 2020
- RELEASE: 181 COVID-19 outbreaks in health care settings leaving 89 residents dead & more than 1,800 staff & patients infected in 6-wks, numbers way up across the board, warns Ontario Health Coalition November 4, 2020
- RELEASE & OPEN LETTER: Ford Government Given Failing Marks in Response to Recommendations on Long-Term Care COVID-19 Response in Joint Open Letter from more than 200 Organizations Representing Almost 2 Million Ontarians June 30, 2020
- RELEASE: COVID-19 Outbreaks Have Grown Exponentially In Health Care Settings: Health Coalition tracking report finds 3,783 people infected and 435 patients/residents/staff deceased April 23, 2020
- RELEASE & BACKGROUNDER: Pre-budget brief: Ontario so far behind that emergency funding just brings us to where we should have been pre-COVID-19 March 25, 2020
- RELEASE: COVID-19 Roundup: Health Workers/LTC Residents Infected, Government Supports & Relief Measures March 24, 2020
- RELEASE: Residents Plan to Step Up Pressure to Ask MPP Fedeli to Save the North Bay Hospital’s Residential Addictions Treatment Program March 11, 2020
- RELEASE: New CBC Hospital Overcrowding Data Should Compel Much More Substantive & Urgent Response from Ford Government: Health Coalition January 22, 2020
- RELEASE: Health Coalition & Broad Array of Groups Launch Campaign to Build Mass “Stadium-filling” Event to Save Local Health Care Services October 10, 2019
- RELEASE: Ford Governments Health Cuts Negatively Impact Patient Care: Coalition Calls Out Ford Government for “Dissembling” and Lack of Public Accountability June 19, 2019
- RELEASE: Ford’s ambulance and public health cuts and restructuring come with high costs, reduced services: Coalition warns April 18, 2019
- RELEASE: Budget Health Care Briefing: What is being Cut, Myth Buster, What is Coming April 11, 2019
- RELEASE: Warning that Leaked Health Care Omnibus Bill Would Create Health Care Chaos: Longstanding Leaders of Organizations Representing Patients, Care Workers, Doctors February 11, 2019
- RELEASE: Ontario Election 2018 Health Care Resources June 4, 2018
- RELEASE: $22 billion in cuts to funding for public services planned by Mr. Ford, worse than Harris, we are “extremely worried” June 3, 2018
- RELEASE: Provincial Election Discussion Should be About Rebuilding Public Hospitals & Long-Term Care Not “Efficiencies” or “Lean” or Code Words for Cuts: Health Coalition Calls for Concrete Commitments to Redress the Crisis in Access to Care May 16, 2018
- RELEASE: Deeply concerned about Doug Ford’s planned revenue cuts, comparison of parties’ commitments on key health care issues April 13, 2018
- RELEASE: Doug Ford’s Figures “Way Off”: Coalition Deeply Concerned About His Statements on Hospitals in Northern Ontario April 13, 2018
- RELEASE: Better but not cured: Health Coalition responds to Wynne pre-election funding announcement March 22, 2018
- RELEASE: Health Minister’s hospital bed announcement welcome but it is only a temporary band aid, more is needed: Health Coalition February 2, 2018
- RELEASE: Thousands of Patients Lining Hospital Hallways in Brampton “Code Gridlock” Just the Tip of the Iceberg October 31, 2017
- RELEASE: Wynne Government’s Hospital Bed Announcement a Temporary Band-Aid But Health Coalition Slams Expanding Health Care Privatization October 23, 2017
- RELEASE: Ontario Budget Health Care Investments Do Not Meet Expectations: Hospital Funding Inadequate to Stop Cuts & Meet Community’s Needs April 27, 2017
- RELEASE: More than 94,000 Ontarians Join in Grassroots Referendum to Stop Devastating Hospital Cuts May 31, 2016
- RELEASE: Volunteer-Led Referendum Launched Across Ontario to Save Local Hospitals: Ontarians to Vote Saturday May 28 April 25, 2016
- RELEASE: Welland Hospital Awareness Day at Ontario Legislature: Patients, Residents Demand Plan to Close Welland Hospital Be Stopped March 21, 2016
- RELEASE: Welland Hospital Plan Unveiled: Precarious Services are No Replacement for Hospital Closure, Coalition Warns March 18, 2016
- RELEASE: Devastating Hospital Cuts & Flawed Process for Health Reform Consultation: Key Issues for this Session of the Ontario Legislature February 16, 2016
- RELEASE: More than 80,000 Ontarians Vote to Stop Wynne Government Plan to Cut Local Community Hospitals and Contract Out Care to Private Clinics: Health Care Advocates Call On the Premier and New Health Minister to Stop the Privatization Plan July 17, 2014
- RELEASE: Ontario Budget: Austerity Continues For Community Hospitals Plus Some Good News on Minimum Wage, Pensions July 17, 2014
- RELEASE: More than 56,000 Ontarians vote to stop the dismantling of community hospitals in volunteer-led referendum: Health Coalition July 17, 2014
- RELEASE: Scarborough-Ajax Facing Among the Worst Hospital Cuts in Ontario: Campaign Launched to Protect Services July 17, 2014
- RELEASE: Ontario’s Wynne Government Plans to Bring In Private Clinics: Threatens Non-Profit Community Hospital Care July 17, 2014
- RELEASE: “OHC Austerity Index Part II” details how Hospital Cuts and Privatization Reach New Levels: Coalition Announces “S.O.S.” – Save Our Services – Day of Action January 25, 2013
- RELEASE: Health Minister’s Veiled Threat Likened to Bullying: Health Coalition Livid over Health Minister’s Tactics November 9, 2012
- RELEASE: Response to Niagara Hospital Consolidation Proposal May 3, 2012
- RELEASE: McGuinty Government Fails to Take Hospital Secrecy off the Table – Amendment to Budget Bill Gives Hospitals Wide Berth to Hide Information April 1, 2011
- RELEASE: Ontario Budget Will Not Help Save Hospitals from Closures, Cuts, Mass Layoffs March 26, 2009
- RELEASE: Ontario Health Coalition Vows to Continue Legal Action to Keep Hospitals Public October 1, 2003
- RELEASE: Clement Plays with the Facts – Misrepresents Brampton Hospital Privatization September 26, 2003
- RELEASE: $1.3 billion in private hospital deals since kick-off of election outrageous: Ontario Health Coalition September 26, 2003
- RELEASE: For-Profit Hospitals & Clinics threaten the Future of Medicare March 31, 2003
- RELEASE: Coalition Urges Government to Stop the Cover-Up in Hospital Emergency Services March 19, 2001