The Deputy Premier and Minister of Well being, Sylvia Jones, was in Cambridge to announce a $2.9 million funding to attach almost 9,000 folks to major care groups in Waterloo Area.
Minister Jones visited the Langs Group Well being Centre Monday morning to tour the power and study the necessity to join extra folks to major care.
As a part of the funding, the province will probably be supporting the growth of an present nurse practitioner-led clinic and the opening of two new group well being centre websites within the area.
It’s unclear the place the brand new group well being centres will probably be however the province stated the one for Cambridge and North Dumfries residents will act as a satellite location. The centre for Wellesley residents is supposed to assist these within the rural and north components of Woolwich County.
Main care groups join folks to a variety of well being professionals from docs, nurse practitioners, registered and sensible nurses, physiotherapists, social staff and dietitians and extra.
The funding is a part of the $110 million funding to attach 328,000 folks to major care suppliers.
“Our government is making record investments to ensure everyone who wants to have a primary care provider can connect to one,” Minister Jones stated in a information launch. “While there is more work to do, giving thousands of more people across Kitchener-Waterloo Region the opportunity to connect to primary care brings us that much closer to this goal.”
In line with the province, Ontario leads the nation with almost 90 per cent of individuals related to common well being care.
