Submission to the Standing Committee on Social Policy
Submitted in partnership with the Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario (AFHTO), Alliance for Healthier Communities, Indigenous Primary Health Care Council (IPHCC) and Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic Association (NPLCA)
Re: Bill 60, Your Health Act, 2023 March 27, 2023
For many Ontarians, primary health care is the entryway into the healthcare system. It takes a team of health professionals who can provide convenient and high-quality health and social services to deliver the best care possible for patients.
For residents who are uninsured, Ontario needs to hit pause on current changes and develop a comprehensive strategy to reduce illnesses and costs across the health system
TORONTO – March 30, 2023 -- During the pandemic, the Ontario government and Ministry of Health recognized the importance of creating a stopgap to ensure that everyone, regardless of whether they had an OHIP card or not, could access the vital health services they needed. This was swift and prudent judgement that saved lives, helped reduce the spread of COVID-19, and allowed our health system to focus on helping people who needed help.
Keep people well and out of hospital, Ontario must invest in community health care organizations
The Alliance proposes investments in three (3) key areas to keep people in community and out of emergency rooms and hospitals while ensuring efficient use of healthcare funding for equitable health outcomes. Read about them here!
Government of Canada invests nearly $4 million in the Alliance for Healthier Communities to promote mental health
Funding is part of a commitment of $100 million to support the mental health of those most affected by COVID-19.
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.
Black History Month 2023 - the Alliance's statement
The Alliance for Healthier Communities stands together with Black people and communities to celebrate and help commemorate stories of Black lives, and the rich and ever-evolving Black histories shared over Black History Month.
Transgender Awareness Week statement: A time of celebration, remembrance and urgent action on transphobia
This week is Transgender Awareness Week, and we celebrate alongside trans folk and their allies.
Websites like It Gets Better Canada have great resources for celebrating and educating about transgender identities and people, including ways to be in allyship.
Community Health and Wellbeing Week 2022: Confronting Inequity, Celebrating Community
This week and this month, the Alliance for Healthier Communities along with 110 comprehensive primary health care members are inviting communities and partners across the province to join us in celebrating Community Health and Wellbeing Week (CHWW) 2022. Our theme this year is “Celebrating Community, Confronting Inequity”. This week is a time to celebrate community health work, while calling for efforts that confront inequity by building on work done made throughout the year to break down barriers to equitable health.
Statement on Truth and Reconciliation Day 2022
In the Globe and Mail earlier this month, in an essay calling for a public inquiry into the tragic events in Saskatchewan, “the intergenerational effects of residential schools, neglect and childhood exposure to family fragmentation and domestic violence” were noted as contributing factors. This was followed by yet another call that Canada, its institutions, leaders and citizens, “confront colonialism” and “what more than a century of racist dehumanization can create over the years.”