Ontario to expand funding for primary health-care teams based on initial success

The Ontario government says its plan to fund new primary care clinics across the province is paying dividends, with nearly 100,000 patients on the official waiting list for a family doctor having recently found a new medical provider.

Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones said the number of people registered on Health Care Connect has fallen by 42 per cent since the Progressive Conservative government began a concerted effort to expand access to primary care in a province where 2.5 million people did not have a family doctor as of September, 2023.