RELATED: Ontario's Ministry of Health contends in arbitration with the Ontario Medical Association that recruitment and retention of doctors is not a major concern… while doctors say that argument is insulting. Amandalina Letterio has the details in Health Matters on May 8, 2024.is calling for Ontario Premier Doug Ford to sack his health minister over the suggestion that the province is not struggling to recruit or retrain family doctors.
“The government needs to take action today. And I would argue it needs to happen under a different minister of health. The premier should fire that minister.” During question period on Monday, Stiles asked Premier Ford several times if he would stand behind Jones or if she should step down as minister of health.
“York University — they’re going to graduate primary care doctors. The Brampton university — they’re going to focus on primary care doctors. University of Toronto is going to focus on primary care doctors.” “When the NDP are faced with the choice to support growing our health care workforce, connecting more people to primary care and building new hospitals they continue to stand ideologically opposed to any innovation in the healthcare system,” the spokesperson said.