AFHTO continues to give top priority to advocacy for increased funding to enable our members to recruit and retain the staff needed to deliver comprehensive team-based primary care. AFHTO members have been highly effective in meeting with their local MPPs to raise awareness and political pressure. AFHTO, together with our collaborators in interprofessional primary care – AOHC and NPAO – continue to find every opportunity to press the issue, together with our recommended solution. Today, AFHTO presented to the Ontario Legislature’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs regarding the Pre-Budget Consultations on the urgent need for sufficient funding to enable primary care organizations to attract and keep these professionals. Click here to access AFHTO’s submission.
On February 5, AFHTO responded to a column in the Toronto Star about home and community care and the current strike by workers in 10 Community Care Access Centres – Eric Hoskins’ best chance to fix the ailing health system. Our letter emphasizes the critical role of primary care, and points out how the work of primary care teams has been grossly undervalued in relation to other parts of Ontario’s health system.
Please continue to do your part in this campaign. Click here to access resources to help you as you meet with or write to your local MPP.
Ontario Budget Talks portal: AFHTO members have your say and ask the government to address recruitment and retention The Ontario government has recently opened Budget Talks 2015, an online portal for Ontarians to offer feedback to the government on 2015/16 budget planning. In keeping with the work already begun, you can visit Budget Talks 2015 to lend your voice to the call to support recruitment and retention in primary care teams and/or vote for messages posted by your peers:
- Unfair Treatment for Family Health Team and other Primary Care staff, posted by Markham FHT
- Recruitment, Retention and Migration of primary care inter-health professionals, posted by Registered Dietitians
- If you have posted on Budget Talks please e-mail info@afhto.ca with the details.
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