The ED Advisory Council is being established to provide a mechanism to surface operational issues, provide a sounding board on operational matters, and give advice to the AFHTO board and staff as needed on these matters. As the key link between their teams and the Ministry’s FHT Unit, EDs are in the unique position to identify the opportunities and challenges with respect to the on-going operations of their FHTs and their interactions with the FHT Unit. The ED Advisory Council will strengthen the voice for members on these operational issues as AFHTO meets with the Ministry’s FHT Unit on behalf members. The ED Advisory Council will build on the existing ED networks and support the development of new networks in areas where a formalized network does not exist. The intent is to include a representative for each LHIN and one for each group of FHTs that has distinct needs and perspectives (i.e. FHTs with blended-salary physicians, aboriginal/Inuit FHTs, francophone FHTs, academic FHTs). Terms of reference for the ED Advisory Council received AFHTO approval yesterday. Please click here to view. EDs in each of the groupings identified in the terms of reference will receive a follow-up e-mail inviting these groups to determine among themselves who they wish to have as their representative (for networks that are already fully developed and have a defined leader) or to volunteer for the role.
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