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AFHTO 2024 pre-budget submission
On January 30th, 2024, AFHTO submitted our recommendations to the government for their 2024 budget.
AFHTO’s five recommendations:
- Further invest in the expansion of interprofessional primary care teams in Ontario.
- Address the health human resource (HHR) crisis in primary and community care through the investment of $500M annually in the community sector over the next five years.
- Support the implementation of primary care networks.
- Invest in the digital health of primary care.
- Embed and connect mental health and addictions services in primary care teams.
The 2024 PCC Pre-Budget submission can be read here.
Member stories
Niagara North FHT- doctor waiting for certification to practise in Niagara
Parry Sound FHT- West Parry Sound OHT approved
St. Michael’s Hospital Academic FHT- A Brief Tool to Screen Patients for Precarious Employment: A Validation Study
Upper Grand FHT – Upper Grand FHT and CW Food Bank partner to provide ‘food hub’ in Fergus
News and updates including microstructural brain abnormalities, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction after mild COVID-19
- Microstructural brain abnormalities, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction after mild COVID-19 – Scientific Reports, January 19, 2024
- Respiratory distress in SARS-CoV-2 exposed uninfected neonates followed in the COVID Outcomes in Mother-Infant Pairs (COMP) Study – Nature Communications, January 24, 2024
Expression of Interest: Regional Primary Care Clinical Lead
Ontario Health is seeking expressions of interest from primary care physicians or nurse practitioners for the position of Regional Primary Care Clinical Lead. “This is a unique opportunity to collaborate with regional stakeholders and provide clinical leadership for the evolution of primary care in Ontario. Reporting directly to the Vice President, Clinical Programs for the respective OH Region, with indirect reporting and accountability to the Provincial Clinical Advisor, Primary Care, this role plays an instrumental role in shaping regional primary care delivery systems and implementing regional initiatives aligned to provincial priorities.” Expressions of interest should be submitted via email to PrimaryCareProgram@ontariohealth.ca no later than 11:59 PM on February 10, 2024.
For more information on role: Regional Primary Care Clinical Lead
GoodLife member benefit- 25% off
Now that the annual frenzy of ‘new year, new you’ has passed, we thought we’d remind you- AFHTO members are eligible for a 25% discount on membership types. To take advantage of discounted rates, you need a membership ID assigned by AFHTO.
As a reminder, AFHTO generates new member IDs only upon request, and updated ID lists are sent to GoodLife monthly. To get your ID or be put on the list for one, please email info@afhto.ca.
Primary Care Networks in OHTs webinar materials available
The Ministry of Health and Ontario Health held a webinar on Primary Care Networks in OHTs on January 24. Video and slides (EN and FR) are now available.
New resources from the Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health
In 2019, the Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health released clinical practice guidelines on Alcohol Use Disorder and Cannabis Use Disorder Among Older Adults. Since then, we have created new resources to complement the guidelines:
- eLearning modules on Cannabis and Older Adults: free, asynchronous eLearning modules available in English and French
- Cannabis and Older Adults Clinician Toolkit
- Brochures on alcohol use and cannabis use for older adults and the public: available in English and French
You can visit their website for more free resources on topics related to older adults’ mental health, including depression, anxiety and social isolation and loneliness.
Epilepsy in Children & Youth and Adults, Feb. 8 & 9 & Feb. 29 & Mar. 1, 2024
Free in-person events hosted by ECHO Epilepsy Ontario
- Toronto- Feb. 8 & 9- register here.
- Ottawa- Feb. 29 & Mar. 1- register here.
Lawson Digital Series: Dietary Patterns in the Management of Cardiometabolic Disease, Feb. 8- Jun. 6, 2024
The Lawson Centre Nutrition Digital Series returns this year with a broader focus on clinical nutrition across the lifespan. Find out more.
BREAST Day 2024: BReast Education And Scholarship Together, Feb. 27, 2024
Hybrid event hosted by the Peter Gilgan Centre for Women’s Cancers at Women’s College Hospital. Find out more.
Culinary Medicine: Dietary Approaches to Dyslipidemia and Cardiovascular Risk Reduction, Feb. 29, 2024
Workshop by Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Learn more.
On-Line CBT Training Workshops, Mar-Jun 2024
McMaster University is offering a 7-week online course in the Fundamentals of CBT and 14 separate One-Day Virtual Advanced CBT workshops. Register here.
Heart to Heart: Communication Skills Essential in Caring for Patients with Advanced Illness, Mar. 3, 2024
One-day retreat funded by the government of Ontario. Register here.
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