Media conference in Ottawa on Thursday morning: New report on hospital crisis shows wide gulf between staffing and capacity improvements required versus the Ford government’s insufficient plan

CUPE/OCHU media conference to reveal statistical trends pointing to an exacerbation of the ongoing crisis in Ontario’s hospital sector, and the number of additional staff and beds required in Ottawa

OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new report on Ontario’s hospital staffing and capacity challenges warns that the current crisis will only worsen over the next four years due to a failure of planning by the Ford government.

Ontario’s Hospital Crisis: No Capacity, No Plan, No End cites latest data from Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information that illustrate troubling trends in the sector as staff vacancies and overcrowding increase.

CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Union (OCHU/CUPE) will be releasing the full findings of the report at a media conference in Ottawa on Thursday morning at 10 a.m.

Drawing a sharp contrast with the government’s inadequate plan as the hospital sector lurches into a deeper crisis, the union will be revealing the number of additional hospital staff and beds required in Ottawa over the next four years to meet patient needs.

Who:			Michael Hurley, President of OCHU/CUPE
			and Doug Allan, CUPE Hospital Sector Researcher
What:			OCHU/CUPE Media Conference to announce findings of the research report “Ontario’s Hospital Crisis: No Capacity, No Plan, No End”
When:		10 a.m. on Thursday, August 24
Where:	Jack Purcell Community Centre 320 Jack Purcell Lane, Room 301, Ottawa

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