Doug Ford and Sylvia Jones will meet with federal officials Thursday to discuss the details of the new healthcare funding deal.
The 10-year, $196.1 billion deal, which was proposed on Tuesday, increases the Canada Health Transfer to provinces by about $46.2 billion. In order to access the funds, provinces have to meet certain conditions, including a commitment to hiring of new family physicians and nurses, clearing the COVID-19 surgical backlog and an investment in mental health.
“When deals come from the federal government in 10, and five year increments, it makes it very challenging, whether you're looking at new medical schools and residency positions, training and hiring new nurses, those are all things that take literally decades.”The ministry of health confirmed that she and Ford will be meeting with Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc in Toronto tomorrow to go over the details of the bilateral agreement.
The government, however, is not speaking about how they hope to use the new funds; however Jones said more generally they want to improve the patient experience while ensuring continuity so that any investments they make are not “one and done programs.”“I was a little surprised that there wasn't more focus on community care and home care. To me it is a very natural place for that patient experience to be improved and enhanced,” she said.
Advocates have stressed they hope the investments include a substantial amount in health human resources, including doctors and nurses.
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