‘ABI (Acquired Brain Injury) in the Streets’ is an example of how Guelph Wellington Ontario Health Team partners come together to support some of the most vulnerable people in our community. While brain injury is common amongst people with mental health issues and substance use, those who are homeless are impacted at an even higher …
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As part of Integrated Patient Care Team (IPCT) model, Homewood Health Centre CADS (COMMUNITY ADDICTION DIVISION SERVICES) therapists are embedded within primary health care teams. Data regarding the metal health and addictions outcomes of patients was used to identify sites that would benefit the most from enhanced addictions-related support. Most recently, CADS therapists have been …
As the community continues to fight COVID-19, it’s important not to overwhelm our Health Care System. Guelph Family Doctors and Nurse Practitioners have day-time appointments and after-hours clinics over the holidays to support your urgent care needs. Guelph FHT clinics are OPEN for IN-PERSON and VIRTUAL appointments. Your local Health Care Providers are working harder than ever before as we face this next phase of the …
Guelph Health Care system – Working together to support the community Read More »
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Looking to address fragments in the current health care landscape, the Guelph Wellington Ontario Health Team (GW OHT) has released its 2022-25 Strategic Priorities, which place focus on improving health care through a collective and integrated approach. The priorities were identified through consultation with the GW OHT’s community, health, and social service …
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April 26, 2022 – First order of business was supporting provincial order to prolong mask requirements for high-risk settings Guelph General Hospital’s president and CEO, Marianne Walker has taken over the role as hospital lead for Waterloo Wellington’s COVID-19 response. Her appointment follows the recent departure of St. Mary’s General Hospital’s Lee Fairclough. “I’d like …
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April 22, 2022 – The Guelph Wellington Ontario Health Team (GW OHT) is urging residents to do what they can to limit the spread of COVID-19 Members of the GW OHT (including area hospitals, primary care, long-term care, and community health services) are experiencing high rates of absenteeism and staffing shortages. The sixth wave of …
March, 21, 2022 – ‘It’s getting them outside of their organizational silos and really focusing them around the patient.’ Just a few months before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of Ontario moved forward on a plan to transform how health care is delivered in the province. Under the new mandate, Ontario would …
June 28, 2021…Groves Memorial Community Hospital (GMCH) and North Wellington Health Care (NWHC) have officially joined the Guelph and Area Ontario Health Team which will now be known as the Guelph Wellington Ontario Health Team (OHT). Ontario Health Teams are being developed across the province to provide a way of organizing and delivering care that …
Friday, May 15 – GUELPH —Guelph and area healthcare partners are celebrating the end of four COVID-19 outbreaks at retirement and long-term care homes in Guelph and area thanks to strong partnerships among local healthcare organizations and leadership from Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health. COVID-19 was the first major test for core partners that comprise the new …
Thursday, Oct. 10 – GUELPH – In what looked like a routine event, the onscreen “submit” button was clicked. However, it was not routine in the least because what was being submitted was the full application for the creation of the Guelph and Area Ontario Health Team (OHT). The click was the end result of …
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