Ontario Hospitals Under Fire Over Multi-Billion Dollar Agency Nurse Spending
Monday, May 12, 2025, 6:20 am
A new study reveals that Ontario hospitals spent over $9 billion on for-profit nurse staffing agencies in a decade. The report, lamenting skyrocketing costs, has government and hospital boards reeling amid mounting concerns over fiscal sustainability. Hospitals appear to have found a costly shortcut that leaves taxpayers paying the price.
Ontario recently re-introduced legislation that would require agencies to report billing or pay rate information and would allow the government to publish some of those details
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives study found that from 2013-14 to 2022-23 public hospital spending on staff increased 6%, but their spending on private agencies increased 98%
A new study concludes Ontario hospitals spent more than $9 billion on nurses and other staff from for-profit agencies in a 10-year period. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives study examined financial statements for 134 Ontario hospital corporations as well as data from the Canadian…
Ontario hospitals spent more than $9 billion on nurses and other staff from for-profit agencies in a 10-year period, a new study concludes.
Ontario hospitals paid for-profit staffing agencies $9.2 billion over a decade, a finding that comes as one hospital aims to stop its use of temp services by September.
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