Dr. Paul Woods, President of Southlake Regional Health Centre that serves communities of Northern York Region and Southern Simcoe County with a team of staff, physicians, patient and family advisors, volunteers, numbers about 6,000 and a member of the Northern York South Simcoe Ontario Health Team, is a strong supporter and embraces partnerships as the path forward to a better health system and better health for the people they serve with connected care.
Christina Bisanz of the Northern York South Simcoe Ontario Health Team, exciting initiative to work in partnership with the Town of Georgina, Southlake Regional Health Centre and members of the Ontario Health Team, a partnership of a number of different health care organizations working together to bring better and more effective care, better quality of client experience to residents of Northern York Region and Southern South Simcoe. Partner organizations include primary care, homecare, community support services, mental health, long-term care paramedic services and Southlake Regional Health Centre.
- Current collaborations in Georgina include; i) a New Primary Care Team and Clinic to serve 2,700 people including virtual services and a mobile clinic in order to ensure as many people are reached as possible without requiring people to come into a certain facility, opening late summer 2024, ii) a Primary Care Paediatric Clinic in Keswick opening the summer of 2024, iii) Partnership with Routes to improve access to cancer screening for marginalized communities, iv) Georgina Community Action Table (GCAT) to address unique local needs and identify solutions, v) Southlake's Assertive Community Treatment Team offering care to people with serious mental health issues
- Southlake provides ultrasound and x-ray services in Keswick and Southlake Family Medicine Residency Program bringing more family doctors to Georgina
- Vision for the future to partner closer together to improve access to healthcare services for residents of Georgina, improve coordination of initiatives, reduce duplication of efforts, make a bigger impact.
- Development of a new healthcare facility in Georgina will provide a suite of services to residents to offer high quality care close to home, reducing the need for residents to travel to Southlake in Newmarket to receive care
- focus on health facilities and resources, new and expanded health and wellness programs, advocacy and community engagement, data sharing, research and innovation. Wraparound care transactions close to home, connected and integrated with social services to keep people at home and out of hospital
Mayor Quirk moved forward and dealt with Addendum Report No. 11.1.l