AFHTO’s 2024 Pre-Budget Submission
Dear AFHTO Members, On behalf of the Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario, I would like to share our 2024 prebudget submission with you. As you know, AFHTO envisions a health care system where every Ontarian will have access to high-quality, comprehensive, cost effective, integrated interprofessional primary care, leading to better health outcomes for […]
Primary Care Leaders Urge Canada’s Premiers and Federal Government to Strike a Deal That Focuses on Expanding Team-Based Primary Care Including Access to a Primary Care Provider
TORONTO, Feb. 6, 2023 /CNW/ – The Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) is encouraging Premiers across the country, and the federal government, to strike a new Canada Health Transfer agreement that will focus on expanding team-based care and ensure that every Canadian has access to a family doctor or nurse practitioner within an interprofessional team. At […]
AFHTO’s 2023 Pre-Budget Submission
On February 6, 2023 AFHTO submitted our recommendations to the government for their 2023 budget. Recommendations 1 and 2 of our 2023 pre-budget submission was done in collaboration with partners in the Primary Care Collaborative and recommendation 3 and 4 are two other recommendations AFHTO is advocating for. With primary care at the foundation, our […]
Strengthening mental healthcare delivery in primary care
The OMA and the Primary Care Collaborative have released a joint policy paper with recommendations to strengthen mental healthcare delivery in primary care. The rate of new mental health and addiction diagnoses is increasing, exacerbated by the ongoing impacts of the pandemic. Approximately three-quarters of Canadians rely on their primary care provider to address their […]
Letter to Minister Elliott – Scheduled lifting of public health measures
April 21, 2022 Hon. Christine Elliott Minister of Health 777 Bay St., College Park, 5th Floor Toronto, ON M7A 2J3 Dear Minister Elliott, As associations representing interprofessional primary healthcare teams, we are concerned about the projected impact of what both Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, Dr. Theresa Tam, and our Chief Medical Officer […]
AFHTO’s 2022 Pre-Budget Submission
On February 10, AFHTO submitted our recommendations to the government for their 2022 budget. Our 2022 pre-budget submission was done in collaboration with our five partners in the Primary Care Collaborative. With primary care at the foundation, our submission lays out what is needed to help build a province where people can access better care, […]
Letter to Minister Elliott on Public Health Measures – January 27, 2022
January 27, 2022 Hon. Christine Elliott Minister of Health College Park, 777 Bay St., 5th floor Toronto, ON M7A 2J3 Dear Minister Elliott, We commend the government for expediting vaccinations last month and for beginning the fourth dose for the most vulnerable people. Returning to a modified step two of the “Roadmap to Reopen”, […]
Inequities in Ontario’s online health card renewal system must be addressed so marginalized people are not left behind
MEDIA STATEMENT December 7, 2021 The Alliance for Healthier Communities (Alliance), the Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario (AFHTO), the Indigenous Primary Health Care Council (IPHCC), and the Nurse Practitioner-led Clinic Association (NPLCA) call on the government to address the inequities in the online health card renewal system. “The ability to renew the Ontario […]
Truth and Reconciliation Day Statement from the Primary Care Collaborative
On the inaugural National Truth and Reconciliation Day being recognized today across Canada, the Primary Care Collaborative values the opportunity and responsibility to acknowledge some of the actions that can help support better understanding of colonization, the trauma of residential schools for Indigenous people and communities, and the ongoing impacts of systemic racism, […]
Directive 6 Must Apply To Patient-Facing Team-Based Primary Care Providers During COVID-19
To: Hon. Doug Ford, Premier Hon. Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier, Minister of Health Cc: Dr. Kieran Moore, Chief Medical Officer of Health, Ministry of Health Matthew Anderson, CEO, Ontario Health Helen Angus, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health (outgoing) Re: Directive 6 must apply to patient-facing team-based primary care providers during COVID-19 September 3, 2021 […]
Need for Indigenous Cultural Safety Training and Education for all public servants
To: Hon. Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier, Minister of Health Hon. Sylvia Jones, Solicitor General Cc: Hon. Greg Rickford, Minister, Indigenous Affairs Matthew Anderson, CEO, Ontario Health Dr. Kieran Moore, Chief Medical Officer of Health, Ministry of Health Helen Angus, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health Re: Need for Indigenous Cultural Safety Training and Education […]
Primary Care Collaborative looks forward to working closely with new Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore
TORONTO, June 2, 2021 /CNW/ – The Primary Care Collaborative (“PCC”) congratulates Dr. Kieran Moore on his official appointment as Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, effective June 26, 2021. We also extend our appreciation to Dr. David Williams for his leadership in this role over the past five years. Thank you, Dr. Williams, for your dedication and important work to keep Ontarians safe, […]
Ontario government’s paid sick leave legislation doesn’t go far enough
Shared by the Primary Care Collaborative Ontario government’s paid sick leave legislation doesn’t go far enough and too many workplaces remain open: Workers need protection that provides flexible paid sick leave for illnesses, to self-isolate and to get vaccinated TORONTO – April 30 – Simply put, this just isn’t enough. As well, far […]
PCC calls for more supports for essential workers and workplaces, more robust community vaccination rollout & isolation supports
Shared by the Primary Care Collaborative Toronto – April 17, 2021 – The organizations of the Primary Care Collaborative echo the alarms being sounded by our healthcare and public health colleagues since Friday. There was no doubt given the modelling from the Ontario COVID-19 Science Table Advisory Board on Friday afternoon that additional measures were […]
Stay-At-Home Order Welcome But More Needed
Shared by the Primary Care Collaborative April 7, 2021 – The Primary Care Collaborative welcomes the Ontario Government’s announcement of new provincial measures to stop the alarming spread of COVID-19. While the vaccine rollout continues across the province, we are in a race against the variants, and bold action was needed to protect all Ontarians, […]
Ontario needs a Stay-at-Home order
Ontario needs a Stay-at-Home order, community vaccination plans, and paid sick leave for ALL workers to stop spread of COVID-19 variants, reduce the burden on health care TORONTO – April 6, 2021 – Amid an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, the Primary Care Collaborative shares concerns expressed by the Ontario Hospital Association, […]
The Primary Care Collaborative
COVID-19 shows the vital roles primary care providers play every day for community health and wellbeing and health system cooperation in Ontario Toronto, March 29, 2021 – During COVID-19, we see again and again across Ontario that communities – from people living in large urban centres to smaller cities to towns and rural […]