\u0022It\u0027s corrosive. They\u0027re price\u002Dgouging.\u0022
The issue was bubbling beneath the surface, particularly in the Toronto area and northern Ontario, but has now come to the forefront province-wide as Ontario wrestles with a health-care staffing crisis.
One of the problems is that there is little public information about how much is being spent on agency staff, and most of it is anecdotal., Dr. Michael Warner, an ICU physician at Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto, said that, prior to COVID, agencies charged hospitals $65 an hour. They now charge $110 an hour, he said.
Some LTC homes have no other alternative than to use money intended for other purposes to pay for agency staffing, she said. Agency nurses can help in a pinch, but they should only be used as a short-term stopgap, said Ivy Bourgeault, Research Chair in Gender, Diversity and the Professions at the University of Ottawa.
Nurses unions and others argue that that Bill 124, which restricts salary increases to one per cent annually for a three-year period, must be repealed. They also argue at nurses should have wage parity with police officers.
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