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Pharmacists can assess and prescribe medication for common ailments like pink eye, seasonal allergies and skin rashes. They can also extend certain prescriptions for chronic conditions until your next doctors appointment.
Since January 2023, over 5,400 participating pharmacies have conducted over 1.8 million assessments for common ailments and issued over 1.6 million prescriptions across the province.
Find a long-term care home
Explore your options and apply for long-term care.
Get care at home
Your local home care provider can arrange for nurses and other health care professionals to visit you in your home, and help you access equipment and supplies.
Get reimbursed for health care devices
People with long-term physical disabilities can get help paying for equipment and supplies like wheelchairs and hearing aids.
Health Hiring Hub
Over the next 4 years, we’re investing more than $225 million to expand nursing education in universities and colleges, increasing enrolment by:
2,000 registered nurses1,000 registered practical nurses150 nurse practitionersWith these investments, an additional 8,000 nurses will be joining the health care workforce by 2028, boosting our commitment to care whenever and wherever you need it.
Since 2018, hospitals, long term-care homes and other health care institutions have hired:
Nearly 100,000 nurses
30% were internationally educated
Over 15,000 physicians
40% were internationally educated
Sources:
Ontario’s Health Professions Database, 2018 to 2022 submissions, and the College of Nurses of OntarioThe College of Physicians and Surgeons of OntarioWork or train in Ontario
We are invested in growing our health care workforce, by expanding access to training and reducing financial barriers. Last year alone, we hired 17,000 more nurses registered to work in the province.
If you are an internationally educated nurse, we also offer programs designed to help you become eligible to practice here in only a short time.
Learn about the different careers in health care available to you.
Delivering our Plan for Connected and Convenient Care
We are putting people at the centre of care by making it easier and more convenient for you to access the services you need through:
providing team-based care to make navigating health care services easierdelivering care in communities and treating patients in their homesmaking it easier for you to access mental health and addictions servicesreducing wait times for surgeries and performing thousands more surgeries each yearbuilding 3,000 more hospital beds over 10 years, and adding and upgrading thousands of long-term care bedsNearly $60 billion
For more than 50 health infrastructure projects
$330 million
Ontario’s biggest investment in children’s health care
Learn more about our plan for connected and convenient care.
Learn about more programs and services
Mental health and addictions support
Find mental health supportMental health services for youthKnow the risks of prescription painkillersChildren and youth
Free parenting program18-month check-up for babiesDental care for childrenEarly child developmentChildren with special needsSenior care
Dental care for low-income seniorsExercise and falls prevention programsGuide to programs and services for seniorsCancer care
Online risk assessmentCancer prevention and careProstate cancer screeningBreast cancer testing and programsCervical cancer testing and preventionColon cancer testing and preventionOther programs and services
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