The Grey-Bruce Ontario Health Team (GB OHT) has been invited by the province to move into the application phase to potentially become one of the new "health units" in the province.
The Grey-Bruce group are among 17 teams that have been invited to make formal applications. Over the next few months, the GB OHT will work with the Ministry of Health and other healthcare providers to get the application ready for submission.
After more than a year of collaboration, the GB OHT is ready for the next step. The planning committee submitted the initial document to the Ministry of Health in December 2019 for consideration to move forward to the application process. A number of organizations make up the GB OHT, including Family Health Teams, a Community Health Centre, Long Term Care, Home and Community Support Services, Grey Bruce Hospice, primary care physicians, Canadian Mental Health Association, Keystone Child, Youth and Family Services and all of the local Hospital corporations.
Dana Howes and Gerry Glover are the Co-Chairs of the GB OHT.
“We are so very pleased to be moving forward with this model of care. It is a model that we believe will better serve our patients and communities. This is truly a natural progression of the great working relationships that have always existed in the Grey-Bruce region," said Howes.
“The GB OHT is well positioned to advance to the next phase of completing the application process. We are a collaborative stakeholder group and are committed to advance the inherent expectations of Ontario Health which will ultimately lead to an improved future state in Grey-Bruce. The team will be hiring a Transformational Lead that will help to drive the work of the GB OHT,” added Glover.
