Perth-Wellington MPP Matthew Rae was in Clifford on the morning of February 7 to make a serious funding announcement.
Rae mentioned that, following Well being Minister Sylvia Jones’ announcement final week that Ontario could be offering $110 million to attach as much as 328,000 folks to a main care supplier, he was excited to share a few of that funding with the Mapleton-Minto Household Well being Group.
“As we speak I had the pleasure of saying on behalf of Minister Jones, $568,628 in further funding to increase main care entry within the Minto space. It will assist almost 1,600 residents entry main care. The household well being staff plans to rent two new nurse practitioners, a registered sensible nurse, and a receptionist to fulfill the rising want for main care domestically,” Rae mentioned.
Rae says the funding is a part of a protracted overdue enlargement.
“As we speak’s announcement and Minister Jones’ announcement final week round this funding, that is the primary time we’re increasing main care groups within the province of Ontario since their inception in 2005. So, it is actually promising that our provincial authorities is taking motion the place others sadly have failed to take action,” added Rae.
A media launch from Rae claims that “Ontario leads the nation with 90 per cent of individuals related to a daily well being care supplier. To shut the hole, the federal government is making report investments of $90 million so as to add over 400 model new main care suppliers inside 78 new and expanded inter-professional main care groups.”
With regard to ongoing healthcare staffing struggles within the area, Rae says this funding is a part of addressing that situation and bettering main care entry to many who did not have it earlier than.
“Throughout her announcement, Minister Jones dedicated to working in direction of making certain that anybody who desires to entry main care within the province of Ontario would find a way to take action within the coming years. I do know I meet with our native household well being groups usually and I will proceed to advocate for them at that degree provincially to make sure they’ve the assets they should rent employees and help the numerous residents throughout Perth-Wellington,” mentioned Rae.
Many native emergency departments proceed to face ER closures and staffing shortages. Rae says they’ve seen a “sharp improve” in rural residents having to go to ERs for non-emergency wants, like filling prescriptions. Rae claims this funding announcement, and others prefer it throughout Ontario, will assist ease a number of the pressures on native emergency departments.
“By offering main care in the neighborhood, which is clearly a Household Well being Group’s position, on this enlargement domestically, it is going to be certain that in Minto, as much as 1,600 residents will not have to go to our rural ERs for non-emergency wants. So that may relieve a number of the strain that our nurses and medical doctors within the ERs are dealing with proper now,” Rae shared.
The official launch from Rae’s workplace on the funding in Clifford additionally famous that “Along with increasing medical faculty spots and making it simpler for internationally skilled medical doctors to offer care, Ministry of Well being modelling reveals this can assist join as much as 98 per cent of Ontarians to main care within the subsequent a number of years.”
“On behalf of the Minto-Mapleton Family Health Team, we are very excited about our government’s new investment in primary care for our area,” mentioned Shirley Borges, Government Director for Minto-Mapleton Household Well being Group. “I am confident that the addition of two Nurse Practitioners, Registered Practical Nurse and Receptionist will be fully welcomed and supported by our Team. Working to full scope of practice, these newly funded positions will provide primary care to an additional 1400-1600 patients who are in need of a primary care provider. These patients will also be connected to our Family Health Team and have access to a wide range of team-based services and programs. We are pleased that our strong advocacy and support from our community and municipal partners, Minto residents, and MPP Matthew Rae have resulted in successful funding of our proposal.”
