{"id":6559,"date":"2018-05-20T10:47:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T14:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=6559"},"modified":"2020-05-15T16:34:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T20:34:28","slug":"rebuild-hospitals-and-long-term-care-leftstreamed-may-20-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/rebuild-hospitals-and-long-term-care-leftstreamed-may-20-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebuild Hospitals and Long-Term Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"metadata\">(May 20, 2018)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>By: LeftStreamed<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<div id=\"video\" class=\"leftstreamed-video\">\n<div class=\"video-embed\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLhiXBRrj94PcrU6YB6jfutIUkLpAdAMOO\" name=\"fitvid0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description\">\n<p>After touring Ontario in recent weeks, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ontario Health Coalition<\/a> spokeswoman Natalie Mehra returned to Toronto on 16 May 2018 at a press conference outside the Emergency Department at Mount Sinai Hospital to talk about the crisis in access to healthcare. Noting that the Coalition\u2019s mandate is to protect public healthcare in the public interest, she said that the group has chosen its words carefully and has not used the word \u201ccrisis\u201d since the 1990s until recently when the overcrowding situation in Ontario\u2019s hospitals truly reached crisis proportions.<\/p>\n<p>The coalition released its platform for the election in Toronto this morning. Called \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/election-platform.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Time to Rebuild<\/a>\u201d the coalition has highlighted two key \u201casks\u201d for all political parties leading into June 7th\u2019s provincial election to fix the crisis:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An immediate and significant infusion of funding is needed for Ontario\u2019s hospitals which are funded at the lowest rate of any province in Canada by every measure and which have the fewest funded beds remaining after 40-years of downsizing. The coalition is asking for 5.3% per year, based on the best evidence available (2.2% inflation, 1% population growth, 1% aging, 1.1% increased utilization) and a commitment to get that money directly to care, not executive salaries and administrative functions that do not support increasing care levels.<\/li>\n<li>A commitment to open 30,000 new long-term care spaces as quickly as possible to address the wait list of 34,000 (according to the most recent government of Ontario figures from December) people, mostly elderly, often with dementia and complex care needs that are too heavy for their families to provide. Within long-term care homes, care levels need to improve to meet the increasing complexity. People are suffering for months or even years waiting for long-term care placement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The coalition will measure each of the parties\u2019 commitments throughout the election campaign against these priority \u201casks\u201d. In addition, there are recommendations for home care reform; support for community health centres that promote equity in access to needed care and primary care reform; a plan to build new hospitals publicly, reform Infrastructure Ontario and save billions that are currently wasted on P3 privatization; streamlining will rid Ontarians of top-heavy administration and get money more directly to care; democratization of our public hospitals; a roll-back and re-integration of privatized outpatient services and labs, and other public interest reforms.<\/p>\n<p>Healthcare is polling at the top of the public agenda this election and the Health Coalition is working to ensure that the political parties make commitments that will effect real policy change. \u201cWe are here among world-class hospitals in Ontario that simply cannot provide even a safe level of care because of decades of downsizing,\u201d said Natalie Mehra, executive director. \u201cThe discussion has to change. This is not a time to be talking about \u2018lean\u2019 or \u2018efficiencies\u2019 or \u2018transformation\u2019 or any other code words for cuts and privatization. All the political parties must make real commitments to fix the crisis that we are seeing in our hospitals and in access to seniors\u2019 care in nursing homes. That means a multi-year commitment to significantly improved funding and restoration of services. It\u2019s time now to rebuild.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/canadiandimension.com\/articles\/view\/rebuild-public-hospitals-and-long-term-care\">Click here for original article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(May 20, 2018) By: LeftStreamed After touring Ontario in recent weeks, Ontario Health Coalition spokeswoman Natalie Mehra returned to Toronto on 16 May 2018 at a press conference outside the Emergency Department at Mount Sinai Hospital to talk about the crisis in access to healthcare. 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