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AFHTO response to 2024 Fall Economic Statement and social media resources for advocacy
On October 30 we sent an email subject “AFHTO response to 2024 Fall Economic Statement” to the EDs/Admin Leads, Board chairs and lead clinicians of member teams.
“Today, AFHTO shared our response to Ontario’s 2024 Fall Economic Statement, which overlooked the urgent need for investment in the primary care sector to address our growing health human resources challenges. We continue our work to raise awareness of this issue and call on government to urgently address this crisis.
While we recognize this is disappointing news, it has never been more important to continue to raise awareness and call for solutions in the lead-up to the 2025 Ontario Budget and a potential provincial election in early 2025. We have launched a petition urging the Ontario government to take action to close the significant wage gap in the community health sector and support our workforce. We are planning to have this petition read in the provincial legislature to raise further awareness of this issue.
We ask each member of your organization to sign and share the petition today. The more signatures we get, the louder our message will be to decisionmakers.
Please sign the petition and share it widely with your networks, including your broader community. Every signature counts.”
Read more for an update on our ongoing advocacy efforts including media coverage.
Also available are social media graphics and copy for you to use in your own channels.
Member stories
Almaguin Highlands FHT- plans to whittle down wait list
Georgina NPLC- new kids’ clinic in Georgina makes health care a breeze for families
Lakeview FHT- introduces new website, newsletter launch
Prince Edward FHT- strategy forming for improved access to doctors
Temagami FHT– holds official opening of healing, reflection and smudging space
Windsor FHT- shines in social prescribing at CISP conference
News and updates including Ontario expanding learn and stay grant to train more family doctors
- Emergency department use before cancer diagnosis in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study– CMAJ, Nov. 4, 2024
- Ontario expanding learn and stay grant to train more family doctors in Ontario– Office of the Premier, Oct. 25, 2024
- Updated screening tool for respiratory illness – OCFP, October 2024
- Establishing a Post-Licensure Curriculum to Enhance Respiratory Therapists’ Roles on Interprofessional Collaborative Primary Care Teams: Final Report – Interprofessional Collaborative Table, Team Primary Care, April 2024
- Millions more people in Ontario will be living with chronic illness by 2040– Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Population Health Analytics Laboratory, OHA
- Government of Canada passes legislation for a first phase of national universal pharmacare – Health Canada, Oct. 10, 2024
- Electronic health record-based programs can increase screening for intimate partner violence – JAMA Network Open, August 1, 2024
- Addressing delayed hospital discharges for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities and a mental illness– Psychiatric Services, Sep. 11, 2024
- Dealing with the Fallout: Post-COVID-19 Condition and Its Continued Impact on Individuals and Society – Office of the Chief Science Advisor of Canada, September 2024
- Consistent FFP2-masking as part of reducing viral respiratory infections on medical wards for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation– Nature Scientific Reports, Sep. 14, 2024
- COVID-19 may increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes and deaths for three years after an infection– CTV, Oct. 9, 2024; original study, Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, Oct. 9, 2024
- Cardiac manifestations of Coronavirus (COVID-19) – National Center for Biotechnology Information, Feb. 12, 2024
Sign up for GoodLife for a chance to win an Air Canada Vacation 7-night holiday in Varadero, Cuba
Until November 29, 2024, anyone who signs up on GoodLife’s corporate membership program will be entered to win an Air Canada Vacation 7-night holiday for two (2) adults at The Sol Varadero Resort in Varadero, Cuba valued at $3,400. Open the flyer (EN and FR) to enter or click on https://corporate.goodlifefitness.com.
Members need a member ID to sign up. Email info@afhto.ca to get your own. Updated ID lists are sent to GoodLife at the end of every month. Once updated, new member IDs will be sent out to members.
Peers for Joy in Work: Ontario family physicians supporting each other
“What if being a family physician who appreciates – rather than resents – their clinical work is within reach? If you could, more often, be the kind of doctor you hoped to be?
The Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto has launched an Ontario-wide program to help family physicians mitigate burnout and facilitate finding joy in practice. The program matches you with a trained “Peer Guide” who helps you remember what drove you to become a family physician and identify ways to create joy in your clinical work again. You will receive three 1:1, 30-minute sessions. With support from the Ontario Medical Association, we are pleased to provide an honorarium of $150 for participating and 4.5 Mainpro+ CPD credits. Learn more and register HERE.” Spots are limited- please sign up by November 18 to reserve your spot.
Ontario Health quality standards: gender-affirming care for gender-diverse people and vaginal birth after Caesarean (VBAC)
Ontario Health fall/winter 2024/25 readiness and response and update on infusion and fulfillment of medical supplies
- This document outlines priorities for fall/winter readiness and response, building on experience and learnings from past respiratory illness seasons- EN and FR.
- Infusion and fulfillment of medical supplies- update #3
Group code now available for 40%-member discount on CPS Full Access
If you spend time clarifying prescriptions, use CPS Full Access, a Canadian-developed platform that features up-to-date Canadian information such as:
- Current drug shortages.
- Health Canada–approved product names, indications, dosing, and patient information.
- Warnings, recalls and safety alerts.
- Evidence-based therapeutic content and algorithms.
- Drug tables with price ranges.
Annual subscriptions are normally priced at $769 plus HST. As a member of AFHTO, you can get your annual CPS Full Access subscription at a reduced rate of only $461 plus HST per year, which includes both web and mobile applications.
For additional information, please see here.
To make a purchase, go to CPS Full Access and use coupon code: AFHTO40 on checkout. 2024 updates listed here.
HIV Education Series for Primary Care Clinicians, Nov. 8-29, 2024
Hosted by Ontario HIV Treatment Network. Learn more.
Diabetes Update 2024, Nov. 13, 2024
Hosted by Schulich Medicine and Dentistry. Find out more.
Uncontrolled Hypertension: Treatment Options, Nov. 13, 2024
Hypertension Canada webinar. Register here.
DDPCP Forum: Advancing Inclusive Healthcare for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Dec.6, 2024
Hosted by Developmental Disabilities Primary Care Program (DDPCP). Find out more.