{"id":6731,"date":"2018-09-07T16:22:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T20:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=6731"},"modified":"2018-11-29T12:01:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T17:01:32","slug":"ontario-health-care-needs-system-transformation-elliott-toronto-sun-september-7-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/ontario-health-care-needs-system-transformation-elliott-toronto-sun-september-7-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario health care needs &#8216;system transformation&#8217;: Elliott, Toronto Sun, September 7, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-top-content\">\n<div class=\"adunit\">\n<div class=\"widget-advertisement advertisement pnLeaderboard\">\n<div id=\"pn-leaderboard-ad-large\">\n<div id=\"gpt-leaderboard\" class=\"pn_dfpads adslot\" data-google-query-id=\"CIPi9bChsd0CFUnEwAodIA0A2Q\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/3081\/SMCO_ENUR_TSUN_EN_WEB\/news\/provincial\/story_2__container__\"><strong>Ontario health care needs &#8216;system transformation&#8217;: Elliott<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"l-constrained container contentbody\">\n<div id=\"main\" class=\"l-main active\">\n<div class=\"fluid-holder\">\n<article id=\"post-\" class=\"l-article three-col-post post-e4335174-bd8e-42ae-acd1-e92fccedb7ab post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-provincial news\">\n<div class=\"fixed-holder first left\">\n<div class=\"entry-details byline clearfix\">\n<div class=\"story_details\">\n<div class=\"author-wrap\">\n<div><a class=\"author \" href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/author\/wscanadianpress\"><span class=\"name\">Canadian Press<\/span><span class=\"author-more\">More from Canadian Press<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"byline-dates\">\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong><time class=\"entry-date published pubdate\" datetime=\"2018-09-07T09:14:58+00:00\">September 7, 2018<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside id=\"sidebar\" class=\"l-sidebar\">\n<div id=\"pmlay_lists_widget-199\" class=\"widget-wrap clearfix widget_pmlay_lists_widget widget-sticky \">\n<div class=\"widget\">\n<section class=\"widget_2 widget-outfit widget-outfit-r2 \">\n<ul class=\"posts-list hfeed vertical-list\">\n<li>\n<article class=\"post post-excerpt hentry track_event show-look-label\" data-event-tracking=\"Sidebar Outfit|0||0|4|shar|\">\n<header>\n<h4 class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/postmediatorontosun.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/08\/ont_question_period_20180801_65816054-e1534176895169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fixed-fluid-holder right active last\">\n<div class=\"fluid-holder right\">\n<div class=\"entry-featured-media-container below-content\">\n<figure id=\"post-504677media-504677\" class=\"entry-featured-media align-none wp-caption post-img featured-image\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"img-caption\">Ontario Deputy Premier Christine Elliott talks with journalists following Question Period at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on Wednesday, August 1, 2018.THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Chris Young<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content \">\n<div>\n<p>Ontario\u2019s new government will uphold a promise to address hospital overcrowding but any action taken must have fiscal restraint in mind, the province\u2019s health minister said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>In her first major speech since the Progressive Conservatives were elected this spring, Christine Elliott said the government must tackle the problem, but noted that Ontario faces \u201cdifficult financial times\u201d and the health-care sector will have to find ways to operate more efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am convinced the solution lies in system transformation, and building health-care delivery for the future,\u201d Elliott said at a gathering of health-care executives organized by the Ontario Hospital Association. \u201cOnly a system-wide lens will help us plan successfully for how we will care for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elliott, who previously served as Ontario\u2019s patient ombudsman, said the government is mindful it was elected with a mandate of fiscal responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat means we are going to have to be innovative,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ontario\u2019s hospitals have been struggling with overcrowding issues for several years with staff sometimes forced to treat patients in areas like hallways or storage closets.<\/p>\n<p>Elliott called that \u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is no way to treat our loved ones,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have a big challenge ahead of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her comments come days after Ontario accepted the report of a commission of inquiry looking at the previous government\u2019s spending. That report has not yet been made public but Finance Minister Vic Fedeli has said its findings will help the government determine the extent of the province\u2019s fiscal situation and the levels of deficit and debt.<\/p>\n<p>Premier Doug Ford has promised to create 15,000 long-term care beds within five years, and 30,000 over the next 10 years to relieve pressure on hospitals. Elliott repeated that promise Thursday, saying that growing capacity is part of the solution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know the wait list is too long for a bed in a Long Term Care home, and that creates added pressures for you,\u201d she told her audience, adding that she wanted them to share their ideas on improving the health-care system. \u201cIn the coming months we are going to discuss those ideas, we are going to find the right solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ontario Hospital Assocaition said it was committed to working with the government and other partners to build a more effective health-care system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuilding a sustainable and efficient health care system requires us to substantially rethink the status quo, develop new models and approaches to care and push for greater integration,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>NDP health critic France Gelinas, however, called Elliott\u2019s remarks a signal of looming cuts and privatization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t cut your way to better health care,\u201d Gelinas said in a statement. \u201cToday\u2019s speech by Ford\u2019s health minister is chilling, and signals that even more funding cuts are on the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner echoed those remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am concerned that when anyone from this government talks about \u2019efficiencies\u2019, it is code for cutbacks,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cIt\u2019s troubling that this government is now putting an asterisk next to its promise to end hallway medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schreiner said the government needs to invest in measures like more community health centres, nurse practitioner-led clinics, and family health teams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate the minister\u2019s comments about transforming our health care system with an eye to the future,\u201d he said. \u201cBy this, I hope she means investing in preventative approaches rather than expensive band-aids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Ontario Health Coalition, which advocates for publicly funded care, said Elliott\u2019s comments raise red flags.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe would remind the minister they were elected to end hallway medicine and that does not mean cuts and privatization for which this government has no mandate whatsoever,\u201d said executive director Natalie Mehra.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAs much as we\u2019d all like to get more for less, you really can\u2019t resolve the hospital hallway crisis without actually re-opening the closed floors, and wards and beds in hospitals and restoring those services.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/torontosun.com\/news\/provincial\/ontario-health-care-needs-system-transformation-elliott<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario health care needs &#8216;system transformation&#8217;: Elliott Canadian PressMore from Canadian Press Published:September 7, 2018 Ontario Deputy Premier 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