{"id":75008,"date":"2025-06-27T10:36:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T14:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=75008"},"modified":"2025-07-02T07:37:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T11:37:25","slug":"ontario-reducing-wait-times-for-mris-ct-scans-and-endoscopies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/27\/ontario-reducing-wait-times-for-mris-ct-scans-and-endoscopies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Reducing Wait Times for MRIs, CT Scans and Endoscopies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>The Ontario government is investing $155 million over two years to add 57 new community surgical and diagnostic centres licensed to deliver MRI and CT scans, and gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy services across the province. The expansion will help 1.2 million people access publicly funded procedures faster and is part of the government\u2019s plan to invest in and protect Ontario\u2019s health-care system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe 57 new centres we are rolling out across Ontario will make a huge difference for people in the province, helping them get the care they need, when they need it,\u201d said Premier Doug Ford. \u201cIt\u2019s all part of our plan to protect and improve our health-care services, all while ensuring people always receive the care they need with their OHIP card.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following a Call for Applications, licences will be issued starting this summer for:<\/p>\n

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  • MRI and CT Scan Services<\/strong>: 35 newly licenced centres will deliver MRI and CT scans, connecting up to 828,000 more people over two years to vital diagnostic imaging \u2014 more than four times the province\u2019s original goal. This expansion of services will reduce wait times and ensure patients receive scans within the medically recommended timeframe in regions where the centres will operate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • GI Endoscopy Services<\/strong>: 22 newly licenced centres will deliver GI endoscopy procedures, adding up to 420,000 procedures over two years, more than three times the province\u2019s original goal. This expansion will ensure that every patient in the province in need of a GI endoscopy procedure receives it within the medically recommended timeframe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      The announcement was made at the Schroeder Ambulatory Centre in Richmond Hill. The Centre is receiving $14 million to provide MRI and CT scans, as well as GI Endoscopy procedures to over 115,000 patients over two years, significantly reducing wait times in the region. The other recipients will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

      \u201cWhen it comes to wait times for surgeries and procedures, the status quo is not acceptable. That\u2019s why our government is taking bold, decisive action to protect Ontario\u2019s health-care system by boosting access to vital surgeries and diagnostic imaging so that families can conveniently access the care they need sooner,\u201d said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. \u201cBy licensing 57 new community surgical and diagnostic centres across Ontario, we are reducing wait times and ensuring more people can receive timely care in their community, for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

      As the government significantly expands the number of surgeries and procedures being done through community surgical and diagnostic centres, it is ensuring these centres are integrated and linked with the broader public-health system. This includes requiring new facilities to provide detailed staffing plans that protect the stability of staffing resources at public hospitals, report into the province\u2019s wait times information system and participate in regional central intakes, where available, to ensure people get the care they need as quickly as possible. All community surgical and diagnostic centres are under the oversight of Accreditation Canada\u2019s new quality assurance program, which provides the same strong requirements as public hospitals to improve quality standards at facilities and ensure consistent patient safety and quality care.<\/p>\n

      As part of Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, the government is taking action to protect Ontario by reducing surgical and diagnostic backlogs to make it easier and faster for more people to connect to publicly funded surgeries and procedures, when and where they need it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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