Ontario is proposing to increase transparency and accountability around staffing agencies, as hospitals and long-term care homes spend about $1 billion a year to fill shifts.
Ontario is proposing to increase transparency and accountability around health staffing agencies, as hospitals and long-term care homes spend about $1 billion a year to fill shifts with temporary workers at rates far higher than full-time staff are paid.
“It will allow us to more easily measure and see whether we are seeing stabilization, increasing use, decreasing use, and where,” Jones said. There is also significant variation within the same classifications, the report found, with the hourly rate for a registered nurse at a staffing agency ranging from $55 an hour to $139.65 an hour.
Anthony Dale, president and CEO of the Ontario Hospital Association, said hospitals have been working closely with the government to reduce reliance on agency nursing.
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