Ontario announced $ 235M in funds to support primary health care teams

The Ford government has announced a $ 235 million in the new funding to support the new and expanded primary care teams that will help add more Ontians to primary health care this year.

130 primary care teams were selected Through a call for proposals launched in AprilMost of the residents have been focused on communities who currently do not have primary health care.

Health Minister Sylvia Jones announced on Monday that teams will help in connecting 300,000 people with primary care this year.

“Our government is protecting the health care system of Ontario and helping everyone to connect everyone in Ontario for the coming years,” Jones said.

Jones says that the new funding is part of the government’s primary care action plan, aimed at linking everyone in Ontario publicly funded by 2026 with a family doctor or primary care team.

In April, the Ontario Medical Association said that Ontario does not have a family physician 2.5 million people and the number would increase by more than 4.4 million people by 2026.

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The chair of Ontario’s primary care action team says the teams will start accepting patients in the coming weeks and months.

“We know that many people have waited for a long time,” in Monday’s announcement, Dr. Jane Philopot said.

“These teams will be the front door to take care, under the leadership of a family doctor or nurse practitioner, will offer extensive support,” he said.

In a release, the province says that the eligible teams selected for funding in this period will be encouraged to refine and resume their proposals for the next call for proposals, which is expected to be launched in September.

Jones says that primary care teams will be provided $ 142 million in operating funds in three years to recruit and maintain health care workers.

Funding can be used for non-medical team members such as nurses practitioners, registered practical nurses, physician assistants and pharmacists.