A coalition of Ontario's home-care providers is asking a court to review a government decision to create a central body for delivering personal support care, saying the province did not consult industry members on the move.
The Home First Alliance for Patients, consisting of 11 home-care providers, has filed an application for judicial review of the government decision announced last fall.
It argues the new agency, which has not been fully launched, would ultimately harm patients as it would introduce uncertainty into the system and could compromise quality of care.
The application argues the move violates the providers' collective right to procedural fairness and seeks to have a judge quash the government decision.
The Ministry of Health and Long-term Care did not immediately respond to request for comment.
The alliance, comprised of high-profile providers including the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada and Saint Elizabeth Health Care, takes aim at then health minister Eric Hoskins, who stepped down Monday to take a job with the federal government.