PCs announce $1.4B in new funds for primary health-care plan on eve of election call – CBC
Health minister denies news is a campaign promise, 2 days before campaign begins
Jan 27, 2025
The Progressive Conservative government has announced $1.4 billion in new funding for an action plan to connect two million more people in Ontario with a primary care provider, just days before an early provincial election is set to be triggered.
The funding will help a team led by former federal health minister Dr. Jane Philpott implement its plan to create and/or expand 305 primary care teams throughout the province, which the government says will connect 300,000 more people to primary care this year.
The teams are typically made up of a family doctor or nurse practitioner working alongside other health-care professionals, such as nurses, physician assistants and dieticians.
The goal is to have everyone currently on the province’s waitlist for a family physician paired with a primary care provider by 2026, Philpott said.
“Ontario is embarking on a historic opportunity to build a primary care system where the guarantee of access to a primary care team is as automatic as a child being assigned to a school in their community,” Philpott said at a news conference Monday morning.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-primary-care-announcement-1.7442548
