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If the Toronto City Council doesn’t invest in paramedicine and commit to delivering better care, there will continue to be less paramedics available, leading to longer ambulance wait-times, and in many cases, reach status “code red” when there are no ambulances available to respond to a 911 call.
Statistics
1139
Number of times Toronto Paramedic Services faced Code Red in 2021
26%
Increase in occupational stress injuries among Toronto paramedics over the past year
882%
Increase in WSIB costs for the City of Toronto (2013-2021)
Source: 2023 Toronto Paramedic Services Capital Budget
If the Toronto City Council doesn’t invest in paramedicine and commit to delivering better care, there will continue to be less paramedics available, leading to longer ambulance wait-times, and in many cases, reach status “code red” when there are no ambulances available to respond to a 911 call.
Statistics
1139
Number of times Toronto Paramedic Services faced Code Red in 2021
26%
Increase in occupational stress injuries among Toronto paramedics over the past year
882%
Increase in WSIB costs for the City of Toronto (2013-2021)
Source: 2023 Toronto Paramedic Services Capital Budget
If the Toronto City Council doesn’t invest in paramedicine and commit to delivering better care, there will continue to be less paramedics available, leading to longer ambulance wait-times, and in many cases, reach status “code red” when there are no ambulances available to respond to a 911 call.
Statistics
1139
Number of times Toronto Paramedic Services faced Code Red in 2021
26%
Increase in occupational stress injuries among Toronto paramedics over the past year
882%
Increase in WSIB costs for the City of Toronto (2013-2021)
Source: 2023 Toronto Paramedic Services Capital Budget
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April 14, 2023
Recruitment, retention challenges come as city enters final year of a plan to staff up EMS service. The union representing Toronto’s paramedics says the city is struggling to retain people within its service because of the increasing stress of the job and the rising cost of living in the city.
CUPE 416 is sounding the alarm about Toronto’s struggle to keep workers in the paramedic service at a time when call volumes are growing at a rate of five per cent per year.
March 7, 2023
A lack of staff and infrastructure has led to frequent “Code Red” statuses, meaning there are no ambulances available at certain times on some days across the GTA. There is no legal duty for the City to report this to the public. CUPE Local 416, which represents Toronto’s paramedics, has obtained this information largely through Access to Information requests; however, these are far from immediate, up-to-date information.
March 7, 2023
A lack of staff and infrastructure has led to frequent “Code Red” statuses, meaning there are no ambulances available at certain times on some days across the GTA. There is no legal duty for the City to report this to the public. CUPE Local 416, which represents Toronto’s paramedics, has obtained this information largely through Access to Information requests; however, these are far from immediate, up-to-date information.
Toronto Paramedics getting $21-million budget boost, but will it fix ongoing issues?
January 13, 2023
At points this weekend there were upwards of 50 Toronto ambulances that were out of service at one time while paramedics waited to offload patients at local hospitals, a situation that officials say is increasingly impacting response times in the city.
Upwards of 50 ambulances were tied up at Toronto hospitals this weekend when ‘code red’ was issued
January 10, 2023
At points this weekend there were upwards of 50 Toronto ambulances that were out of service at one time while paramedics waited to offload patients at local hospitals, a situation that officials say is increasingly impacting response times in the city.
Personal support worker and paramedic groups alarmed as PSWs tapped to monitor patients awaiting hospital care
January 6, 2023
At least two Toronto hospitals are resorting to using personal support workers (PSWs) to watch patients who were dropped off by an ambulance so paramedics can get back on the road, Queen’s Park Today has learned — despite the fact that PSWs cannot provide medical care.