Dave Verch News Today

A recent poll of local hospital staff in Ottawa and the Valley paints a dark picture of the healthcare profession and its future.

Government inaction will only exacerbate staffing shortages and lead to longer wait times, delayed treatments, higher risk of medical errors

The results are alarming to say the least — how are we going to keep our hospitals functioning without staff?

A new survey from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has found that Ontario hospital workers face growing anxiety at work, and many are contemplating leaving their jobs.

The results are alarming to say the least — how are we going to keep our hospitals functioning without staff?

Members say they are fed up with the workloads and many want out

A post-holiday surge has the Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital seeing more patients than it has beds for at its two emergency departments.

Hospital workers are buckling under the pressure of heavy workloads largely brought by a staffing crisis, an Ontario union said Wednesday.

The union representing thousands of Ontario health-care workers say the Ford government needs to do more to address a staffing crisis.

Meeting planned at Peterborough library to discuss union concerns