New Investment to Improve Primary Care in Kingston Area

[ad_1]This section is PresentedThis section was produced by the editorial department. The client was not given the opportunity to put restrictions on the content or review it prior to publication.by HAVEN HOME HEATING & AIR CONDITIONINGAround 8,500 new patients are set to receive care in Kingston, Sharbot Lake, Napanee and beyond Published May 20, 2026 • Last updated May 20, 2026 • 4 minute readFrom left: Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston MPP John Jordan, Frontenac Lennox and Addington Ontario Health Team executive lead Dr. Kim Morrison, and Hastings-Lennox & Addington MP Ric Bresee pose for a photo during a funding announcement at the Sharbot Lake Family Health Team on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. Supplied photoArticle contentSHARBOT LAKE - The Ontario government is putting $3.6 million into primary health care this year for about 8,500 residents in Frontenac County and Lennox & Addington County. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERSSubscribe now to read the latest news in your community.Unlimited online access to all articles on thewhig. com. Access to subscriber-only content, including History: As We Saw It, a weekly newsletter that rips history from our archives, which span almost 190 years. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalism and the next generation of journalists.Subscribe now to read the latest news in your community.Unlimited online access to all articles on thewhig. com. Access to subscriber-only content, including History: As We Saw It, a weekly newsletter that rips history from our archives, which span almost 190 years. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalism and the next generation of journalists.Create an account or sign in to keep reading.Access more articles from thewhig. com. Get email updates from your favourite journalists...Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authorsor Article content The funding was revealed at the Sharbot Lake Family Health Team clinic on Tuesday as part of Ontario’s Primary Care Action Plan aimed at connecting every resident with a family doctor by 2029. The funds will be managed by Maple Family Health Team located in Kingston. About one-third of this money will help expand services throughout Central and South Frontenac as well as Lennox & Addington County through Sharbot Lake Family Health Team, existing health hubs in Napanee, and Rural Kingston Family Health Organization operating in Verona, Newburgh, Tamworth and Sydenham. The remaining funds will help connect more residents of Kingston with primary care services right within the city.“We’re thrilled,” Dr. Kim Morrison, executive lead for Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Ontario Health Team (FLA-OHT), told the Whig-Standard during an interview on Wednesday.Morrison mentioned that this $3.62 million will assist over 8,600 individuals who currently lack primary care access by linking them with doctors or nurse practitioners through support provided by Maple Family Health Team based in Kingston-a partner of FLA-OHT.The Kingston Whig-Standard's Noon News RoundupYour weekday lunchtime roundup of curated links, news highlights, analysis and features.By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.!A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.The next issue of The Kingston Whig-Standard's Noon News Roundup will soon be in your inbox.We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try againArticle contentThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Article content“The Maple Family Health Team is the backbone,” Morrison said. “They have the accountability agreement with Ontario Health and the Ministry of Health to allocate and be accountable for the funding that we’re getting.”This money will create 27 new positions aimed at supporting existing primary care practices.“Whether that’s data or information technology, or frontline providers like nurses or nurse practitioners, all those pieces come together to build a primary care team,” Morrison said. “It allows each practice to optimize its capacity and increase access, attachment, and efficiency in how providers work to get people the care they need by the right provider.”However, this funding will also contribute towards opening a brand new inter-professional community hub in Kingston soon.“In January, we opened Spruce Health Hub located on Days Road as part of round one funding,” Morrison shared. “With this funding we expect to open another hub yet unnamed.”This advertisement has not loaded yet but your article continues below.Article contentRead MoreHealthcare providers across Kingston are joining forces..New health hub designed..The new hub will work like Spruce Hub does offering single point access for mental health services chronic disease management physiotherapy among other community supports where local family doctors can refer their patients. The space aims at hosting allied health providers nurse practitioners along with hopefully more family doctors."It'll hopefully be somewhere we can recruit new family physicians into that team," said Morrison. "In a release concerning this funding , the province noted that over 87 percent of individuals who’ve been waiting for a family doctor since before January 2025 have been connected to primary care thus removed from its Health Care Connect waitlist."But , Morrison urged those lacking primary care service should register onto list.This advertisement has not loaded yet but your article continues below.< П ＞ Article Content<Morrison added , “We encourage folks.. with no medical home - let us know so we can find ways connecting them close-by.. we still have many people needing attachment despite progress made via these funds.” Hastings-Lennox-and-Addington MPP Ric Bresee attended Tuesday's announcement too."With today's announcement we're able add around eight thousand five hundred additional clients linked multi-disciplinary teams serving areas like Napanee Loyalist Township Sharbot Lake portions Frontenac County"The province pushes forward its aim ensuring everyone receives benefits attaching themselves healthcare teams.” This Advertisement hasn’t shown yet either…The article keeps going down here. Morrison expressed gratitude towards partners involved healthcare communities collaborating together."We're thankful government believes capacity deliver resources needed prioritizing ongoing developments," she remarked." According her perspective healthcare workers feel optimistic regarding prospective opportunities available due newfound support."We anticipate these resources allowing both existing caregivers improve systems necessary while encouraging others enter field-indicating how valuable working conditions could become." Morrison continued emphasizing teamwork approach remains essential future family medicine progression."It's creating proper conditions enabling collaboration thereby assisting staff efficiently operate maximizing potential offered via roles taken." "We need teamwork truly creates healthier communities," concluded.mbalogh[ad_2]Source link.

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