Halton-area nurses fear health care privatization, job losses with LHINs
Plenty of concerns raised over proposed restructuring at annual nurses' meeting
Fears over competition among medical care providers, privatization and subsequent job losses were prominent among the questions Halton's registered nurses directed to Pat Mandy, who now oversees the management of a large chunk of the health care services provided in Hamilton, Niagara, Haldimand and Brant.
Mandy heads up one of 14 Local Health Integration Networks, or LHINs, now operating in Ontario.
These regional bodies are expected to better co-ordinate services between health care services in their geographic domains and reduce duplications. While LHINs haven't passed all the required legislative hurdles already, $40 million has been earmarked for 2005-06 alone. Second reading passed in November 2005 and final approval for the non-profit corporations is expected in the spring.
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