Strengthening Family Health Care In Barrie

 
Strengthening Family Health Care In Barrie
 
 
 

November 16, 2009 2:30 PM

Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic To Provide Faster, More Efficient Service

Barrie families will soon be able find family health care at a new clinic led by nurse practitioners opening at Georgian College.

Nurse practitioners are able to treat common illnesses and injuries, and order lab tests, X-rays and other diagnostic tests. They can also refer patients to specialists. They will work with doctors, nurses and other health care providers at the clinic.

Nurse practitioner-led clinics also help patients navigate the health system and connect them, if needed, with other service providers and community-based programs and services.

The Barrie clinic is one of 25 nurse practitioner clinics that will open over the next three years. Seven more nurse practitioner-led clinics will be announced in the next few weeks. The clinics are part of the government's plan to expand access to health care for all Ontarians.

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"Nurse practitioner-led clinics will help ease the strain on emergency rooms. That means more Ontario families can get the primary care they need faster and more efficiently."

 – Dalton McGuinty
Premier of Ontario

"More nurse practitioner-led clinics means more options for quality health care closer to home for thousands of Ontarians. This clinic will be a great family health care resource for the people of Barrie."

 – Deb Matthews
Minister of Health and Long-Term Care

"Nurse practitioners are strengthening our health care system each and every day -- not only with their impressive knowledge and expertise, but with the caring and compassion they bring to their work."

 – Aileen Carroll
MPP, Barrie

 
 
 
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