The parties' promises on Diagnostic and procedure wait-times

This is a page from the 2025 Ontario general election.

Diagnostic and procedure wait-times platforms

Here's what the 2025 Ontario election parties are promising.

Provide $66M for more community surgical and diagnostic centres, and expand their use to regular colonoscopies and hip and knee surgeries

"Put outcomes before ideology with $66 million for more community surgical and diagnostic centres to reduce wait times and increase surgery volumes in state-of-the-art, convenient and safe facilities . This would support access to MRI and CT services for an additional 100,000 patients annually and access to GI Endoscopy services for up to 60,000 patients annually, in addition to licensing new centres in 2025 to expand services such as regular colonoscopies, hip and knee surgeries." — Our Plan to Protect Ontario, retrieved 2025-02-26

Prioritise funding for keeping hospital operating rooms open on evenings and weekends, rather than private, for-profit surgical centres

"We’ll get back to building out Ontario’s public hospital network and stop the privatization of health care services. We will fund hospitals to keep operating rooms running on evenings and weekends instead of redirecting funds to private, for-profit surgical centres." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for Southwest Ontario & Niagara, retrieved 2025-02-20
Create a centralised referral system that covers the entire province and its specialties

"Ontario needs a centralized referral system that covers the entire province and its specialties. From pediatrics to adult care, wait times vary greatly for diagnostic imaging, surgical and specialist access. A centralized referral system would connect patients to care faster. The Ford government promised this in their Your Health plan but have not delivered." — ontariondp.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20
Increase the Northern Health Travel Grant rates to help patients and their families travel to get care

"We will also increase rates for the Northern Health Travel Grant to help ease the cost burden on patients and their families who have to travel to get care." — ontariondp.ca, retrieved 2025-02-20

We don't have any Liberal policies on Diagnostic and procedure wait-times.

Create a centralised intake and referral system to connect primary care providers with specialists

"Reduce the backlog in surgeries, imaging, and diagnostic tests through the creation of a centralised intake and referral system to connect primary care providers with specialists and create specialised care teams to reduce surgery wait times" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22
Create specialised care teams to reduce surgery wait-times