12 - Southpoint Sun
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Province providing additional funding for health care REGIONAL – The Ontario government is taking further action to end hallway health care and address the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic by increasing investments in hospitals across the province for the third straight year. Rick Nicholls, MPP for
Chatham-Kent-Leamington, announced on July 29 that hospitals in the Windsor region and Chatham-Kent will receive additional operating funding beginning in 2021/22: • Erie Shores HealthCare will receive an additional $1,504,500, which
represents a 4.4% increase to the estimated base and one-time funding of $34,073,837 received in 2020/21. • The Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, with campuses in Chatham and Wallaceburg, will receive an additional $3,201,800, which rep-
Community treatment program at HDGH transitions to CKHA REGIONAL – A community-based treatment program for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness has transitioned its operations to Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA) to enhance collaboration and service delivery among local health system partners. The Chatham-Kent Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program, currently operated by Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare (HDGH), transitioned to CKHA as of August 1. “One of the main objectives of this program transfer is to improve system navigation and coordination for patients, families and caregivers,” said Alan Stevenson, Vice President, Mental Health and Addictions, CKHA. Over the last eight years, HDGH has operated the Chatham-Kent (ACT) program. Prior to this, the program was operated by Windsor Regional Hospital. The Chatham-Kent ACT team, along with both Windsor ACT teams, provide a community-based, recovery model of care for individuals who have severe and persistent mental illness. ACT assertively reaches out to patients where and when they need help – directly in their home and in their community. Further, the ACT team coordinates service delivery with CKHA including access
to acute care as required for ACT patients. In an effort to more closely align the ACT team with CKHA’s acute care, department of psychiatry, and outpatient Mental Health and Addictions Program, the Chatham-Kent ACT program transferred its operations from HDGH to CKHA on August 1. Both hospitals have been working with current patients of the ACT program to ensure a
smooth transition. There is no change to the program’s current location and the Chatham-Kent ACT continues to provide services at 321 St. Clair Street, Chatham. All patients of the Chatham-Kent ACT program will continue to receive services with no planned changes or disruptions. Patients will also continue to have access to the HDGH tertiary mental health program.
resents a 2.6% increase to the estimated base and one-time funding of $121,799,909 received in 2020/21. • Windsor Regional Hospital will receive an additional $7,848,700, which represents a 2.2% increase to the estimated base and one-time funding of $355,449,414 received in 2020/21. • Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare will receive an additional $1,566,500, which represents a 2.1% increase to the estimated base and one-time funding of $75,352,129 received in 2020/21. “It is clear, now that we are on our way out of this
pandemic, that local hospitals and staff have gone above and beyond to provide us with exceptional care to the in-need patients and families,” said Rick Nicholls, MPP for Chatham-Kent-Leamington. “Investments in our health care system today not only help the recovery process of COVID-19 but will also better prepare us for any future emergencies.” “We are very appreciative of the support we have received from the provincial government. Over the past year, Erie Shores HealthCare implemented a series of cost-saving initiatives
which allowed the hospital to finish 2020-21 with a balanced budget,” said Kristin Kennedy, CEO for Erie Shores HealthCare. “This new funding is critical for the hospital and our communities. Erie Shores can now begin exploring ways to support patient care through reinvestment in programs and services at the hospital.” Additional support for Ontario’s hospitals as part of Ontario’s Action Plan includes $760 million to help hospitals continue to respond to COVID‑19 and an additional $300 million to reduce surgical backlogs.
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