The NDP Leader site visit sparked an insightful discussion about advocating for increased funding to support existing healthcare providers and attract physicians to clinics like Health Access Taylor Massey (HATM). This is due to the ever-increasing demand for quality healthcare services and the existing shortage of healthcare professionals directly impacting patient care and outcomes.
The Grand101 published an article on April 3, 2024
By Austin Cardinell
GUELPH/ERAMOSA – Guelph/Eramosa Council has agreed to set some township funding aside to attract new family doctors to practice in Rockwood.
During a meeting Tuesday, council approved up to $60,000 be used as a top-up for the salaries for two potential new family doctors for the East Wellington Family Health Team.
NOTL Local published an article on March 28, 2024
A long-awaited nurse practitioner has finally been hired and is expected to begin looking after Niagara-on-the-Lake residents April 8.
Wasaga Beach published an article on March 28, 2024
CPSO published an article on March 27, 2024
By Mark Sampson
Note: Following the approval of new governance terminology at our December 2023 Board of Directors (formerly Council) meeting, the CPSO Council Award is now known as the CPSO Board Award
Quinte News published an article on March 9, 2024
By Alan-Michael Steele
The International Women’s day Gala in Belleville at The Grand featured a keynote speech by guest speaker Karen Clayton-Babb, Chief Nurse Practitioner and Clinic Director at the Belleville Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic.
CBC News published an article on March 9, 2024
By Ashishvangh Contractor
For years, Cyril Lee Turley and others have been calling on the government to give power to registered nurses to prescribe medication as a way to alleviate the strain on hospitals and community clinics.
Guelph Today published a media statement on March 3, 2024
By Barbara Latkowski
As the number of people without a family physician in Ontario continues to climb, the province announced earlier this month it will spend $110 million to connect more than 300,000 people to primary care teams.
The London Free Press published a media statement on March 1, 2024
By Brian Williams
Elgin County will receive nearly $1 million from the provincial government to expand team-based health care in the region.
On Friday, officials with the Thames Valley Family Health Team, alongside Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Rob Flack, announced the funding, calling its impact “transformative.”
Simcoe.com published an article on February 25, 2024
By Metroland Staff
The Ontario government is investing about $880,000 into health care in Simcoe-Grey.
“Generations of Ontarians enjoyed the privilege of having a family doctor as their introduction to primary care,” says Brian Saunderson, MPP for Simcoe-Grey.