Minden Paper
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Minden Paper
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Evidence-based advocacy team focused on systemic inequity in Ontario's healthcare sector. Our research on finance and governance issues is publicly available at mindenpaper.com
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We audited the financial statements of every hospital in Ontario for FY22 and FY23 and calculated the deficits, total funding and year-over-year changes for each

We expected dismal finances — what we found horrified us

View and download our analysis:

mindenpaper.com/hospital-fun...
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We audited the financial statements of every hospital in Ontario for FY22 and FY23 and calculated the deficits, total funding and year-over-year changes for each

We expected dismal finances — what we found horrified us

View and download our analysis:

mindenpaper.com/hospital-fun...
February 28, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Here's our full statement to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs regarding Bill 180. We spoke to healthcare planning and provision with a focus on financial management, board governance and community engagement.

mindenpaper.com/standing-committee

Learn more at mindenpaper.com
Statement to Ontario’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs regarding Bill 180 - Minden Paper
Statement to Ontario's Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs regarding Bill 180 [Note: Yesterday, we appeared before the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs regarding Bill ...
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May 28, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Nov 23
We sent a request to Acting Auditor General for a public audit of HHHS' financial management & decision-making processes, as well as funding delays, before Minden ER's closure

Mar 24
Auditor General responded

Apr 24 We responded to response

PDF: mindenpaper.com/wp-content/u...

#onpoli
April 6, 2024 at 10:21 AM
We audited the financial statements of every hospital in Ontario for FY22 and FY23 and calculated the deficits, total funding and year-over-year changes for each

We expected dismal finances — what we found horrified us

View and download our analysis:

mindenpaper.com/hospital-fun...
February 28, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Our team built a custom GPT on top of our (now) 10k hour volunteer research and analysis effort.

Got a GPT Plus subscription? Check it out and let us know your thoughts!

chat.openai.com/g/g-9BWcNIBF...

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ChatGPT - Minden Paper: ER Closure Analyst
Analyzing financial management, board governance and community engagement aspects of the Minden ER closure
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February 23, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Ontario had 102 healthcare systems in deficit for FY23.
They had 33 in deficit for FY22.

That's a 209% increase.

The average deficit went from ($545,000) to ($5,900,000).

That's a 992% increase in the average deficit of healthcare systems in Ontario in one year.

Not a funding issue.
February 5, 2024 at 11:31 PM
2024 Ontario Pre-budget

1. Thanks for heads up on this
2. We sent a written submission
3. We would greatly appreciate you taking a gander
4. It's on our website (appendices coming soon)
5. Share in part or full, use as template, have at it

mindenpaper.com/pre-budget
2024 Pre-budget Consultation Submission - Minden Paper
Ontario 2024 Pre-budget Consultation Submission: Reclaiming Public Health IntroductionSummary of RecommendationsOverview of the Minden ED ClosureBudget Priorities and RationaleRecommendationsConclusio...
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February 1, 2024 at 12:13 PM
We took 7,012 tweets and over 1,000 pages of documentation gathered over 9,000 hours of volunteer work effort and built ourselves a nice lil "Why did Minden ER close with six weeks' notice and no public consultation?" service.

Cool beans

@canadahealthwatch.bsky.social
December 16, 2023 at 9:46 PM
Just in time for the weekend!

🪄 The MPP Scott Private Nursing Agency Usage Decoder 5000! 🪄

Has your local MPP or healthcare systems' predatory use of private sector agencies got you down?

All those grandparents dying in hallways crumbling your crackers?

Just don't look up! 😍
December 8, 2023 at 4:20 PM
We have contacted Ontario's Acting Auditor General regarding the permanent closure of Minden ER visit mindenpaper.com for more
November 27, 2023 at 11:18 AM