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Nurse-to-patient ratios save lives and reduce staff burnout, says new academic study
Authors urge Ontario hospitals to implement safe staffing ratios
“Nursing ratios save lives:” new study recommends Ontario government mandate safe nurse staffing levels in hospitals
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEHamilton, ON – A new academic study says implementing nurse-to-patient ratios in Ontario’s hospitals would save lives, improve...
“Nursing ratios save lives:” new study recommends Ontario government mandate safe nurse staffing levels in hospitals
Full results of the study to be revealed at press conference
at Queen’s Park on August 12
“Health care workers must have the right to protest:” OCHU-CUPE condemns Ottawa mayor’s push for ‘bubble zone’ by-law
Across Ontario, hospitals spent $9.2 billion on staffing agencies
between 2013-14 and 2022-23
For-profit staffing agency costs rose by 168 per cent for Central East region hospitals in Ontario over 10 years
Private staffing agencies drained $9.2 billion from public hospitals over 10-year period
CUPE Local 79, CUPE Ontario, and OCHU-CUPE vow to fight proposed City by-law restricting protests and picketing in “bubble zones”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECUPE Local 79, CUPE-Ontario, OCHU-CUPE stand firmly opposed to the City’s proposed by-law that would prohibit protests and...
