Speaking at the Association of Ontario Municipalities conference in Ottawa, Jones provided vague details about what those next steps might entail.
The government’s goals, he said, are to “provide the best possible care to patients and residents, while ensuring the resources and supports are in place to keep the province and our economy open.”
“After decades of inaction, we can no longer support a status quo that cannot meet the current challenges facing the industry,” he told the crowd.  “Instead, guided by the best evidence and the successes of other jurisdictions, the Government will take bold action that puts patients and their health first.”
Part of the plan will include expanding a program that allows paramedics to take patients somewhere other than an emergency room or treat them at the scene.
CTV News Toronto has learned more details about the plan will be released Thursday, but it’s unclear what else it will include.
Jones is scheduled to make an announcement along with Long-Term Care Minister Paul Calandra and Ontario Health CEO Matthew Anderson at 9 a.m.
The Progressive Conservative government is under fire for saying it has not ruled out privatizing health care in Ontario as a way to deal with major hospital staffing shortages.
These shortages have prompted some hospitals to close emergency departments and delay non-essential surgeries.
On Tuesday, Premier Doug Ford was inundated with questions from the official opposition about the possible privatization of some health services.
While he said flatly that “no one will have to pay (for health care) with a credit card,” he also acknowledged — without elaborating — that the system needed to change.
“We cannot do the same status quo,” the prime minister said.  “We’ll fix it.  We will deliver health care in a different way, through industry advice, not through our government advice, through experts.”
The “Staying Open Plan” was unveiled at the end of March as a strategy to “build a stronger, more resilient health system that is better prepared to respond to the crisis”.
It included a permanent wage increase for personal support workers, the creation of two new medical schools, financial investment in nursing programs, increased domestic production of personal protective equipment and the creation of 3,000 new hospital beds over the next decade.