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Fri Apr 1 2016

NORTH BAY, ONTARIO --(Marketwired - April 1, 2016) - A poll of North Bay Regional Health Centre (NBRHC) staff conducted earlier this week shows "staggeringly high rates of workplace violence with virtually no resolve from the hospital," said Michael Hurley president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) that commissioned the poll.

The poll shows that registered practical nurses (RPNs) and personal support workers (PSWs) doing direct patient care, are dealing with disproportionately higher rates of workplace violence. 86 per cent of the nurses and PSWs polled experienced incidents of physical violence such as pushing, hitting or having things thrown at them in the last year.

The Globe and Mail Mon Aug 24 2015

Canadians are rapidly losing faith in the ability of the health system to provide care for their aging loved ones and they want the federal government to step up and find solutions, two new public opinion surveys show. Fewer than one in four believes there will be adequate home care and long-term care facilities, and just one in three thinks there will be sufficient hospital beds available to meet their basic medical needs as they age, according to a poll commissioned by the Canadian Medical Association. At the same time, three in five of those surveyed do not feel they are in a good position - financially or otherwise - to care for aging family members in need of long-term health care.

The CMA, which represents Canada's 80,000 physicians, residents and medical students, is holding its annual meeting in Halifax this week, and it is using the occasion to press all federal parties to commit to adopting a national strategy on seniors' care. "We don't want little election goodies with a seniors' theme; we want a commitment to a long-term strategic plan," Dr. Chris Simpson, president of the CMA, said in an interview. "Everyone already has horror stories in their families, and when they hear the doomsday stats, they really get worried about the future," Dr. Simpson said. "Seniors' health care is an issue that is really starting to resonate across the generations."

Toronto Star Fri Oct 9 2015

A new public opinion poll by Ekos shows that health is the most important issue to Canadians - but researchers involved in the survey say that isn't reflected in the attention party leaders in the federal election are devoting to it.

"Our poll results clearly show that any politician brave enough to campaign on health right now would be campaigning on clearly the most important issue to Canadians. Lamentably, none of the political parties have done this," Amir Attaran, a professor with the faculty of medicine and the faculty of law at the University of Ottawa, said in an interview. Funding for the Sept. 14-22 poll came from Attaran's academic research budget at Ottawa U, and he devised the survey questions with input from his academic colleagues at the university, the Canadian Public Health Association, Canadian Doctors for Medicare, and Ekos.

North Bay Nugget Fri Apr 1 2016

A poll of North Bay Regional Health Centre staffthat measures incidents of workplace violence will be released this morning. The poll is the pilot for a provincial survey the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU)/CUPE plans to conduct with its 30,000 hospital and long-term care members across Ontario.

Government data shows that health-care staff are the most likely to experience work-related violence and the incidents are rising. The poll conducted earlier this week asks how many incidents of physical and non-physical violence staffexperienced in the workplace in the past year.

A new Viewpoints Research poll suggests Saskatchewan residents are not impressed with the Wall government’s risky decision to invest in for-profit surgical clinics and that opposition to the use of private clinics is growing.

Three of every four residents (75.1 per cent) surveyed want the Saskatchewan government to reduce surgical wait times by expanding and improving public health services, up from 60.4 per cent in a similar poll conducted last year for CUPE Saskatchewan. Only 16.7 per cent of respondents support the government’s decision to use private clinics.

Nearly one half (48.1 per cent) now say the government should not pay for surgeries in for-profit clinics, up from 33.2 per cent in last year’s poll.

January 24, 2014

OTTAWA — Health care is the biggest issue for Canadian voters, a new poll suggests.

In a national survey conducted this month by Abacus Data, polled Canadians — regardless of age or voting intention — listed health care as their top priority at the polls, at 19%. It was followed by taxes (13%), job creation (13%) and accountability and trust (12%).

Toronto Star Mon Oct 12 2015

There is no election issue more deplorably ignored than health. At 11 per cent, health is a far larger slice of Canada's economy than oil (just 3 per cent). Provincial governments spend a staggering 40 per cent of their budgets on health; their health ministries are bigger than the next 10 ministries combined. Voters ignore health at their own peril, because as Canada's population ages, how politicians address health only matters more. So why is it that, at election time, voters indulge candidates who do not talk about health, but instead fret over the niqab? It makes no sense: while every Canadian family has a life-or-death drama to tell about a visit to the doctor or hospital, who can honestly say their lives were changed by someone's head covering?

On Saturday the Star reported our poll of Canadians' attitudes to health in this election. Unlike other polls, this one began with questions prepared by health experts at the University of Ottawa, without any sponsorship from political parties, health professions, corporations or unions. We executed this poll independently, because we think it is crazy that voters and politicians are disregarding this vital issue. And Canadians agree with us. When we asked Canadians to play prime minister for a day by choosing how to spend a billion dollars, they put health at the top of their lists. Of Canadians' top five spending priorities, fully three are health-related: improving public health, investing in disease and injury prevention and improving health care in the final years of life. These are things that Canadians overwhelmingly believe make their lives better.

Apr 1, 2016

NORTH BAY, ON — A poll of North Bay Regional Health Centre (NBRHC) staff conducted earlier this week shows “staggeringly high rates of workplace violence with virtually no resolve from the hospital,” said Michael Hurley president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) that commissioned the poll. What’s more said Hurley at a media conference to release the poll findings, “it’s a grim and concerning reality that despite the fact incidents are happening almost daily, workers fear reprisal and incidents are under-reported”.

The Globe and Mail Thu Apr 7 2016

A majority of Canadians do not want minors or people with mental illnesses and psychiatric conditions to be given access to doctor-assisted dying, a new Nanos Research/Globe and Mail poll has found.

The poll suggests Canadians would prefer that the federal government follow a restrictive path as it decides which patients have the right to end their suffering in a medical setting. While there is no doubt that doctorassisted dying will become legal, there is a continuing debate about exactly who will have access, and under which conditions.

Apr. 08, 2016

A majority of Canadians do not want minors or people with mental illnesses and psychiatric conditions to be given access to doctor-assisted dying, a new Nanos Research/Globe and Mail poll has found.The poll suggests Canadians would prefer that the federal government follow a restrictive path as it decides which patients have the right to end their suffering in a medical setting. While there is no doubt that doctor-assisted dying will become legal, there is a continuing debate about exactly who will have access, and under which conditions.

May 31, 2016

Over 1200 Hamilton residents took part in a poll recently that measured residents’ attitudes toward their community hospitals, provincial funding for hospitals, hospital service and bed cuts and access to hospital care. Poll results will be released June 1, 2016 at 11 a.m., outside Hamilton General Hospital, corner of Barton Street, East and Victoria Ave. North.

The majority of Canadians support a "mixed" model of health care that would give them the option of spending their own money for care in a private system, according to the results of a new poll.

three-quarters of them support being able to buy private health insurance for all forms of medically necessary treatment, including cancer care and heart surgery, which they could then obtain outside of the public health care system

Ipsos Reid for Postmedia News and Global Television

Poll shows growing disaffection over private healthcare providers Public opposition to non-NHS providers used by Labour and BMA to claim private companies have fragmented patient care

Friday 29 November 2013

The public's attitude has hardened against private providers running healthcare services, a poll has found.

Most Canadians support the idea of a coalition government if no party gains a majority in Parliament in the next federal election, according to a new Forum Research poll.

The poll says nearly 60 per cent of respondents support the idea of two or more parties forming a coalition government, if no party gains a majority of seats in October’s election.

“It appears that the idea of a coalition government isn’t the bogeyman to voters that the government would like us to believe,’’ said Lorne Bozinoff, president of Forum Research.

Jun 24, 2015

HAMILTON, ON – Over the last few weeks Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) has publicly defended shutting down the hospital kitchens and contracting out patient meals to a global food processing operation outside of Hamilton. But the findings of a recent poll, show there is virtually no support in the Hamilton community for the hospital’s patient food plan. In fact, the poll found that almost no one (3 per cent) would prefer meals prepared by a company that assembles patient meals in a plant and delivers them by truck to the hospital. Further, 86 per cent of those interviewed between June 11 and 16, agree that if HHS really wanted to improve the quality of patient meals, it would increase the amount of food from local farms used in its kitchens and cook patient meals from scratch in the hospital kitchens.

Jun 24, 2015

HAMILTON, ON – Over the last few weeks Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) has publicly defended shutting down the hospital kitchens and contracting out patient meals to a global food processing operation outside of Hamilton. But the findings of a recent poll, show there is virtually no support in the Hamilton community for the hospital’s patient food plan. In fact, the poll found that almost no one (3 per cent) would prefer meals prepared by a company that assembles patient meals in a plant and delivers them by truck to the hospital. Further, 86 per cent of those interviewed between June 11 and 16, agree that if HHS really wanted to improve the quality of patient meals, it would increase the amount of food from local farms used in its kitchens and cook patient meals from scratch in the hospital kitchens. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 7800, representing nearly 4,000 HHS employees including dietary staff, commissioned the poll, which was released at a media conference in Hamilton on June 23.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Caught between kids and aging parents, the sandwich generation worries more than most Americans their age about how they'll afford their own care as they grow older, a new poll shows. But most aren't doing much to get ready.

Nearly 1 in 10 people age 40 and over are "sandwiched" — they're supporting a child while providing regular care for an older loved one, according to the poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Mar 10, 2016

NORTH BAY, ON — The results of a poll conducted last weekend asking North Bay residents whether they approve of the recent action of the regional hospital for firing a nurse who spoke out against workplace violence, will be released Friday at 10:30 a.m., 120 Lakeshore Rd.

“We were very pleased and thankful that so many in the community took time out of their weekend to complete the poll to the end. Over the last month Sue has received overwhelming support from many people in North Bay. From across the province in fact. This issue has resonated far beyond this hospital, this nurse and this community,” says Michael Hurley, president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) that commissioned the poll.

Mar 11, 2016

NORTH BAY, ON — There is little community support for North Bay Regional Health Centre’s (NBRHC) handling of the issue of workplace violence, a poll conducted on March 5 (2016) shows. 81 per cent of poll respondents say the hospital was wrong to terminate Sue McIntyre, a North Bay nurse who talked about violence in the workplace at a nursing conference in Kingston, late in January. Further, 71 per cent say they do not think the hospital is addressing the problem of violent assaults against staff properly.

A Forum Research public opinion survey conducted April 6 found 74 per cent of voting-age Canadians supported the Supreme Court decision, an increase of nearly five per cent in public approval since a poll Forum Research conducted on the issue before the Commons committee hearings and House debate began to stir debate.

Friday, April 8, 2016

Canadian electors have overwhelmingly lined up in support of the Supreme Court of Canada ruling on the right to assisted dying as the Liberal government prepares to table legislation next week implementing the landmark decision, a Forum Research poll has found.