Ontario is launching consultations across the province to help develop a new dementia strategy, which will improve access to quality care for people living with dementia and boost support for those who care for them.
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Ontario is the first jurisdiction in Canada to provide the shingles vaccine free of charge, saving eligible seniors approximately $170 and helping them stay healthy.
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Ontario is taking concrete action to uphold and reinforce a zero tolerance policy on sexual abuse of patients by any regulated health professional.
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Ontario is investing in a major expansion of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), improving access to mental health and addictions services for patients.
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Ontario has appointed Rob Devitt as Hospital Supervisor for the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance.
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Ontario is increasing its annual investment in Emily's House by $625,600 to support the opening of four new children's palliative care beds in Toronto.
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August 25, 2016
Virginia M. Walley, MD
Ontario Medical Association
150 Bloor St. West, Suite 900
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3C1
Dear Dr. Walley,
I am writing in reply to your recent open letter with respect to physicians' compensation.
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Ontario is supporting the development of a new community health hub in Trenton to bring services together to better meet the needs of patients in the Northumberland-Quinte West area. Once complete, the community health hub will benefit patients by providing more integrated services closer to home, including:
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Today, Dr. Eric Hoskins, Ontario's Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, issued the following statement:
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Ontario is committing to invest up to $1.05 million annually in Matthews House Hospice, once construction of its new 10-bed care hospice is completed.
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Ontario is providing more than $16 million to help patients receive quicker access to care in hospital emergency rooms across the province.
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As committed in the 2016 Budget, Ontario is enhancing annual funding to the Behavioural Supports Ontario program by $10 million to better meet the needs of seniors with challenging and complex behaviours associated with dementia, mental health, substance use and/or other neurological conditions.
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Ontario is increasing its annual investment in Stedman Community Hospice by $420,000 to support the opening of four new palliative care beds.
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Today, Dr. Eric Hoskins, Ontario's Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, issued the following statement:
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Ontario is committing to invest $1.05 million annually in Hospice Vaughan, once construction of its new 10-bed care hospice is completed.
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