The Physician Services Agreement, which came into effect last year, increases the financial incentive for doctors accepting patients from the province’s centralized waitlist from $350 to $500. 1/13/2026 Canadian Healthcare Network Staff   Ontario is giving family physicians money to take on new patients from the provincial waitlist. But is this incentivizing some doctors to drop their current patients in favour of taking on new ones?   In a story published on last week in the

Don your scarves and pull your toques on tight. But is that winter frost or the bitter chill of progressive health policies put on ice?  Dec 18, 2025 by Maddi Dellplain        It’s been quite a year for Canadian health policy. Several controversial bills have come into play across the country, leaving many vulnerable patients and health-care workers wondering if they’ll be left out in the cold.   This month, Alberta yet again invoked  the “notwithstanding clause” to shield it

Dec. 22, 2025 “Canada’s problem is not a lack of potential physicians, but a failure of planning and foresight,” writes Dr. Debakant Jena. Dreamstime By Debakant Jena Contributor Dr. Debakant Jena is chief of orthopedic surgery at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital, associate professor at the University of Calgary and a first-generation immigrant to Canada. In May, 96-year-old retired teacher Dorothy Lamont  placed a small classified ad in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald titled “See

Ontario Premier Doug Ford proposed expanding the list of “minor ailments” that pharmacists can treat during a press conference at a Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacy in Etobicoke on Jan. 11, 2023. Tijana Martin/The Canadian Press file photo Dec. 18, 2025 By Iris Gorfinkel, Contributor Iris Gorfinkel is a family physician and clinical researcher in Toronto.   Hardly a year passes that this doesn’t happen: a patient wakes up with a sore throat, but I’m away. It’s Christmas Day and th

Dec. 5, 2025 By Iris Gorfinkel, Contributor Iris Gorfinkel is a family physician and clinical researcher in Toronto. Ontario’s auditor general Shelley Spence speaks to media following the release of her annual report at the Ontario legislature on Tuesday. The report “glosses over the main reason why one-in-four Ontarians will have no family doctor by 2026,” writes Dr. Iris Gorfinkel. Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press file photo The auditor general’s latest report on primary care

By Isaac Callan & Colin D'Mello | Global News Posted December 2, 2025 Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Medicine is seen, in Brampton, Ont., on Aug. 25, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan  A lack of planning in the Ford government’s expansion of Ontario’s medical schools meant the province has created family medicine spaces more slowly than it had planned, the auditor general has found.   As part of its plans to improve access to primary care, the government anno

Watchdog Shelley Spence diagnosed a lack of effort to crack down on an estimated $1 billion in potential overcharges by physicians — including 59 who billed for more than 24 hours in a day.   Dec. 2, 2025 By Rob Ferguson Queen’s Park Bureau, and Robert Benzie Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Ontario’s auditor general Shelley Spence speaks to media following the release of her annual report at the Ontario legislature in Toronto, on Dec. 2, 2025. Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press   Premi

Hospital News Published on November 27, 2025      New data from the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) show that Canadian physicians are sounding the alarm over government decisions threatening the health care system. The findings reveal doctors’ widespread concern about the impact on patient care, workforce stability and physician morale.   Recent government actions, such as Alberta’s Bill 26 and Quebec’s Bill 2, which interfere with doctors’ abilities to take care of their

Moving toward the creation of a National Health Service. Britain was the first western country to offer free at the point of use medical care to the whole population. A fundraising event to support the Waterloo Region Health Coalition. Waterloo Region Health Coalition November 19, 2025 1945 was a pivotal year in British history. The unity that carried Britain through the war allied to the bitter memories of the inter-war years led to a vision of a better society. The spirit o

Once upon a time, Canada’s healthcare system was widely considered a model for the rest of the world, especially in countries where access to medical care was often tied to your job or your wealth. Not so any more...

It began as a light-hearted quip. “Call 1-800-Doug Ford … doctors, come see us,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford told Quebec physicians frustrated by the Legault government’s new doctor-compensation law.

With anger brewing next door over Bill 2, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he’s ready to “roll out the red carpet” for disgruntled Quebec doctors looking to move to a different province.

The survey reveals 46 per cent of physicians report high levels of burnout , a slight decline from 53 per cent in 2021, but still well above pre-pandemic levels. By Mason DePatie Published: October 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM EDT A survey from the Canadian Medical Association finds doctors are still facing serious mental health challenges, years after the COVID-19 pandemic. Five years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly half of Canadian physicians say they’re still deali

Ontario eyes more powers for health professionals TORONTO - Ontario is looking at giving several types of health professionals more...

As a physician who has witnessed this crisis unfold over 40 years of practice, I believe we need to examine why increased funding alone...

By Joshua Freeman Updated: July 09, 2025 at 7:48 PM EDT   Ont. medical association warns against using AI, internet to self-diagnose amid...

If we have to rely on our universal health-care system, let’s make it reliable, writes Mulugeta Dilnesahu. July 10, 2025 With long waits...

Jun 23, 2025 by Elliott Wong The numbers for family medicine paint a bleak picture.   •     By 2026, it is estimated that 4.4 million...

Amid an worsening shortage of family physicians in the province, here are ways you can still find a family doctor.  Kevin Jiang, staff...

June 5, 2025 “Governments get ensnared into a vicious cycle of their own making: The longer waits grow, the more pressure builds for them...