Six New Family Health Teams Open In Toronto

January 26, 2012 10:00 AM

McGuinty Government Providing Faster Access To Stronger Family Health Care

Torontonians in need of a family doctor now have more access to care as six more Family Health Teams (FHTs) have opened in the city.

The Village Family Health Team is one of six Toronto-area FHTs opened in 2011. Patients of the Village FHT can access care faster with same-day appointments and after-hours care four evenings a week and on Saturdays. As the Village FHT continues to grow, it will expand its chronic disease and mental health programs, eventually caring for 10,000 patients.

There are now 21 FHTs in Toronto providing high-quality, interdisciplinary health care - and the total number of FHTs province-wide has now reached 200.

In Toronto, the new FHTs will serve 316,000 patients, including almost 86,000 people who previously did not have access to a family doctor.

Helping Ontarians get faster access to stronger family health care is part of the McGuinty government's action plan to transform healthcare.


Quick Facts

  • In addition to the Village Family Health Team, five new FHTs are open and accepting patients in Toronto including: Sunnybrook Academic FHT, West Park FHT, Humber River FHT, East GTA FHT and Don Mills FHT.
  • Ontario's 200 Family Health Teams will provide primary care to more than three million people.
  • The opening of 200 FHTs in Ontario has created over 2,800 jobs in the healthcare sector.
  • Currently, there are over 2,300 family doctors who work with Ontario FHTs.
  • About 2.1 million more Ontarians now have access to a family doctor, compared to 2003.
  • Ontario's Health Care Connect program has helped more than 109,000 people find a family doctor or nurse practitioner since it was launched in February 2009.

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