AFHTO 2015 Conference: Invitation to submit questions for closing plenary

The AFHTO 2015 Conference culminates with the closing plenary – “Evolution of a sustainable health system – Where do we go from here?” Please read below then reply  to submit questions you would like the panel to address.

With the Minister’s release last Thursday of the Report on behalf of the Primary Health Care Expert Advisory Committee, the door is now open for consultation and feedback. Given this opportunity:

• We are structuring the Oct.28 Leadership Session to engage roughly 250 leaders from AFHTO member organizations to examine what “population-based primary health care” could mean to the evolution of primary care in their LHIN region.
• AFHTO’s President will present key points arising from this Leadership discussion as we explore the question “Evolution of a sustainable health system – Where do we go from here?” in our closing plenary panel.
• David Price, co-chair of the Expert Advisory Committee, accepted AFHTO’s invitation to be a speaker in this closing plenary panel, less than 24 hours after the report’s release.
• AFHTO will use the input received from the conference as the basis for AFHTO’s reply to the Minister’s invitation to respond to the Expert Advisory Committee report and subsequent advocacy.

Unfortunately, Deputy Minister Dr. Robert Bell has had to withdraw from the closing panel due to an unavoidable scheduling conflict. He is keen to speak with AFHTO members and has been re-scheduled to open the Bright Lights Awards dinner instead.

Once again, AFHTO members are invited to reply to submit questions you would like to have answered in the discussion “Evolution of a sustainable health system – Where do we go from here?” by the panelists:

• David Price, Co-Chair, Primary Health Care Expert Advisory Committee and Chair, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences Centre
• Sean Blaine, incoming AFHTO President + Lead Physician, STAR FHT (Stratford)
• Paul Huras, CEO, SE-LHIN
• Cathy Faulds, OCFP President + Lead Physician, London FHT
• Kavita Mehta, Executive Director, South East Toronto FHT + an AFHTO Past President
• Sonia Mastroianni, Patient Advisory Committee member, South East Toronto FHT