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\u201cI feel beyond hopeless. I\u2019m tired of trying,\u201d said Laura Rostron, a York Region patient with an eating disorder who was referred for care twice, in November and December 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cThings are not great and the time frame that I\u2019ve gotten for just the consultation alone is six-plus months,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
According to the Wait Times for Health Care in Canada 2024 Report, the median wait time between a general practitioner referral and treatment was 30 weeks, up from 27.7 weeks in 2023.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe current state I\u2019m in, like physically and mentally, is not good,\u201d Rostron said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll I\u2019m kind of encouraged to do is go to emergency if I need to and the downside is that if I go to emergency, they look at certain things and \u2026 they just send me home.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nJosephine Marchese, founder of NoMoreWaitLists.net, said wait times have increased in recent years, especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic which caused delays in surgeries and specialist consultations.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs health-care systems recover from backlogs, some patients are still waiting 12 to 18 months for non-urgent procedures,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
NoMoreWaitLists.net is an online service designed to connect patients with healthcare providers so they can receive timely care.<\/p>\n
A Peterborough man, who wished to remain anonymous, has been on a waitlist for seven months for eye surgery due to keratoconus.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey told me I had to get the surgery done before the end of 2024 to prevent further damage to my eyes and I still haven\u2019t heard from the referral,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He has contacted the office three to four times since.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve resent the referral. They keep telling me it\u2019s out of their hands because there\u2019s only one location in the province that can do this surgery and I still don\u2019t have anything,\u201d he said. \u201cI am forced to continue wearing glasses that are the incorrect prescription and further strain my eyes while waiting for this procedure.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Benefits by Design data, in 2023, the median wait time in Canada from referral to specialist treatment was 27.7 weeks. Orthopedic surgery had the longest wait at 44.3 weeks, followed by gynecology (37.4), otolaryngology (35.2) and urology (31.1).<\/p>\n
Marchese founded NoMoreWaitLists.net in memory of her father, who struggled to access health care in time. She said delayed medical care often leads to worsening health conditions, increased anxiety and a lower quality of life.<\/p>\n
In some cases, prolonged waits result in costlier emergency interventions or, in severe situations, preventable deaths.<\/p>\n
Wait times also have a serious impact on cancer patients, as delays can significantly worsen their chances of survival.<\/p>\n
\u201cCancer can\u2019t wait, and it doesn\u2019t,\u201d said Trevor Smith-Millar, communications manager of the Canadian Cancer Survivor Network.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nSmith-Millar said cancer diagnoses dropped during the pandemic when many health-care services were paused.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose cancers could have been caught at stages 1 or 2, maybe. Now they\u2019re being caught at stages 3 and 4 and so with this backlog that we\u2019re currently going through not just in this province of Ontario but across Canada, that is significantly impacting cancer patients as a whole and making it more difficult to survive cancer,\u201d said Smith-Millar.<\/p>\n
With most people unable to access a family doctor and screening programs being limited, more cancers are being diagnosed at later stages, he added.<\/p>\n
Marchese said staff shortages, high demand and limited resources are among the biggest contributors to long wait times in Ontario\u2019s healthcare system.<\/p>\n
Limited treatment slots and slow referral processes further strain access to timely care, she added.<\/p>\n
Alanna Kong, research and campaigns coordinator at the Ontario Health Coalition, said wait times have not improved, particularly with the backlog of surgeries caused by COVID-19.<\/p>\n
Kong referred to data obtained by Trillium Media, which reported that by September 2024, an average of 2,000 patients per day were waiting on stretchers in hospital hallways, the highest number recorded.<\/p>\n
In 2016, before the Ford government was elected, 1.3 million Ontarians did not have a family doctor, according to Statistics Canada. By July 2024, that number had risen to 2.5 million, according to the Ontario College of Family Physicians, she referred. This marks a 92 per cent increase.<\/p>\n
Marchese added that efforts to reduce wait times should include increased funding, telemedicine, AI-driven systems and private healthcare options.<\/p>\n
Dr. Crystal Garvey, a professor in the collaborative BScN program at Durham College and Ontario Tech University, primarily in emergency and mental health nursing, said long wait times result from multiple factors.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith regards to wait times in the institution \u2026 there\u2019s a lot of compounding factors why we have these really long wait times. It really does start with the funding,\u201d said Dr. Garvey, who has more than 20 years of nursing experience.<\/p>\n
Between 30 and 40 per cent of provincial and territorial budgets are allocated to health care, according to the Canadian Medical Association.<\/p>\n
Dr. Garvey emphasized the need for education from the community to the government.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople need to understand what services are allocated for and how to access them to be more effective and efficient in their care,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWalk-in clinics are not obligated, nor will they for the most part, provide you referrals to specialists,\u201d Garvey said.<\/p>\n
Without a family doctor, patients often have no choice but to visit the emergency room, leading to high costs.<\/p>\n
Kong also highlighted the issue of patients turning to emergency rooms due to a lack of family doctors.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir only option is to just go to an emergency department, so people have no choice but to go there to get things like a prescription that a family doctor or family practitioner should just be able to give you,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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Urgent care clinics offer a better alternative, Garvey added.<\/p>\n
\u201cUrgent care clinics are another great resource for us to access, which will offload some of that burden from the emergency room,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She also highlighted the lack of public awareness.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the government were to take the time to do these little commercials about what is what and informing the community, I believe that would decrease some of those wait times,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Garvey said the situation is worse for people of colour.<\/p>\n
\u201cThink about all the evidence about wait times and the barriers to wait times just for the human being and now let\u2019s add in the dimension of race, or you\u2019re an immigrant, or you\u2019re a person that wears a hijab or turban. All these things now compound your issue astronomically,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Garvey emphasized the importance of advocating for oneself.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo if you\u2019re going to your family doctor and you have a health issue that you\u2019ve been navigating, go prepared and do your research before you go into the clinic. And this is why I say have somebody with you, because sometimes there\u2019s power in numbers,\u201d said Garvey.<\/p>\n
Rostron said talking is one thing and funding is another.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn action is required. Talk without action means nothing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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