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According to research from Allyson Pollock, a professor at Newcastle University, an increase in contracting out cataract, hip and knee surgeries to for-profit facilities in England led to increased inequalities, reduced capacity and longer wait times at public hospitals. Those findings were presented during a press conference at the Peterborough Public Library on Thursday morning. CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition say the province can learn from this research and apply the lessons to its own healthcare system.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/11526752\/ontario-health-coalition-cupe-warn-ontario-of-consequences-of-privatizing-surgeries\">Click here to view the video clip<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(November 14, 2025) By: Global News The Ontario Health Coalition and CUPE are concerned about the potential consequences or privatizing surgeries in Ontario. According to research from Allyson Pollock, a professor at Newcastle University, an increase in contracting out cataract, hip and knee surgeries to for-profit facilities in England led to increased inequalities, reduced capacity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ohc-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ontario Health Coalition, CUPE warn of consequences of privatizing surgeries - Ontario Health Coalition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"(November 14, 2025) By: Global News The Ontario Health Coalition and CUPE are concerned about the potential consequences or privatizing surgeries in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/ontario-health-coalition-cupe-warn-of-consequences-of-privatizing-surgeries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ontario Health Coalition, CUPE warn of consequences of privatizing surgeries - 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