Bits & Pieces: community investment grants, free legal services and more
Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue CIRA community investment grants Happy Nutrition Month Members’ stories Family Justice Centre -free legal services AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine & thromboembolic events, MOH updates and more COVID-19 support available for isolated seniors and people with physical disabilities OMA burnout survey White papers on population health management and […]
Guelph FHT to operate 2 new vaccination clinics opening in Guelph
Guelph Today article published March 11, 2021 By Kenneth Armstrong, Village Media A pair of new large vaccination clinics are set to join the Guelph landscape within the next week, one on the University of Guelph campus and the other at SkyJack in the city’s north end. The clinic at University Centre at U of […]
COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-out & Hesitancy in Indigenous Communities
Vaccine Distribution Update Shared by Lambton Public Health Shared May 2021 See this video of Kyle Stonefish, Community Health Supervisor for Walpole Island First Nation, who explains how COVID-19 has affected Indigenous communities in southwestern Ontario, and why everyone should seriously consider getting vaccinated. It also speaks to the need to continuing to engage in […]
Year-End Ministry of Health Updates
Dear Executive Directors and Administrative Leads, We had a year-end call with ministry officials last week and would like to provide an update on multiple operational topics that were discussed. AOP submission There will be a pause on AOPs for 2021/22. They will resume for an April 2022 submission. While there will be no […]
Bits & Pieces: leaving no story untold, IHPs and outcomes in diabetes care, and more
Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue Don’t leave your team’s stories untold Happy Pharmacy Appreciation Month Members’ stories Saegis Cybersecurity Clinic Update 2021 slides and video AFHTO 2021 Conference survey deadline today How IHPs affect outcomes in diabetes care- input needed Patient and staff on the vaccine, guidance updates, armpit lumps and […]
Ontario Health Unit Vaccination Plans
Shared by the Toronto Star Updated March 2021 The Toronto Star collected data on how each Ontario Region will roll out COVID vaccines. The 21 Public Health Units responded; 8 were found online; 5 were not found at the time. Ontario Health Unit Vaccination Plans, by Health Unit Algoma Public Health Unit Brant County Health […]
March 8th Update on COVID-19 Vaccination Roll Out
Dear Members, We are writing to provide you with an update from our united Primary Care COVID-19 Vaccination Collaborative (*PC-VAC). This past week’s key messages that we shared with vaccine decision-makers can be found here. Today, the primary care organizations had an opportunity to present to some public health units, members of the Ministry’s Public […]
Renfrew County FHTs & Partners providing virtual mental health and addiction walk-in counselling clinic
The Recorder and Times article published March 2, 2021 By Pembroke Observer and News Renfrew County residents often face a long wait time when they need to access mental health and addiction counselling. In response, the Renfrew County Collaborative E-Walk-In Counselling Clinic (WICC) has launched to provide children, youth, adults, and families with free, same-day […]
Akausivik Inuit FHT offering vaccinations for Inuit in Ottawa
Nunavut News article published March 1, 2021 By Trevor Wright The Akausivik Inuit Family Health Team (AIFHT) is hosting ongoing clinics that started Feb. 17 to deliver Covid-19 vaccines to Inuit in Ottawa, one of Canada’s southern cities with the largest population of Inuit. About 200 people within the first few days of the clinic were […]
Joint Letter on Ensuring Equity in Ontario’s Vaccination Campaign
March 1, 2021 To: Premier Doug Ford Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier, Minister of Health Cc: General (Ret.) Rick Hillier, COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force Dr. Dirk Huyer, Coordinator, Provincial Outbreak Response Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health Alison Blair, Associate Deputy Minister, Pandemic Response and Recovery Patrick Dicerni, Assistant Deputy Minister Nadia Surani, […]