Mental Health
The following a page designed to share reports, opinions, editorials including challenges and opportunities facing mental health services in Muskoka and area. Each article includes a link to the complete article, as well as the name or group writing the piece. The goal is to highlight diverse research, discussions and share perspectives from experienced professionals within and outside the healthcare sector.
MAHC officially asks Muskoka for $114M toward future hospital build
Ad hoc committee to debate request before committee of the whole budget meeting on Jan. 31 Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare board vice-chair Phil Matthews (left), board chair Evelyn Brown and South Muskoka Memorial Hospital Foundation executive director Colin Miller urge...
Busy task force aims for Labour Day decision on Muskoka hospitals’ future
Task force brings its ‘fresh start’ on long-term planning for Muskoka’s future hospital infrastructure into new year MUSKOKA — Cameron Renwick and Don Mitchell seemed optimistic while sitting in a Huntsville hospital meeting room on a snowy January morning. “We have...
Muskoka hospitals short 17 nurses in bed crisis, considers cuts to cope
High bed occupancy rate combined with peak flu season, staff shortages could mean service cuts at Bracebridge and Huntsville hospitals Nurses at the Bracebridge and Huntsville hospitals posted a combined 1,200 hours of overtime in November alone, according to Muskoka...
Muskoka Algonquin Healthcentre hospital survey — message received?
Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare recently published the survey results in a Report for its Hospital Redevelopment Plan and Taskforce (posted on MAHC’s website). There are some very important messages to be derived from it.
Huntsville needs to have a hospital in our community, says women’s group
This letter represents the views of the Huntsville Women’s Group, a collective of local Muskoka women varying in ages and backgrounds. We meet weekly for discussions and activities. Across all differences, one thing that we agree on is that we want Huntsville to continue to have a hospital in our community…
The future may become rather tenuous without a local hospital ~ Huntsville Women’s Group
Our concerns are as follows: Time. With a medical emergency (accident, heart attack, stroke), receiving timely medical intervention is crucial. Minutes count. Ours is a rural location, not city streets. To add more response time could prove fatal in many cases....
Only when the voice of the community is heard can we move forward ~ former Mahc directors
Only when the voice of the community is heard can we move forward ~ former MAHC directors In this commentary on the future of acute care hospital services in Muskoka, we will take you on a journey back, through the history of the issue of a single site new...
Is it time for change in our hospital board?
It may well be time for our local hospital board (MAHC) to contemplate whether it is properly constituted to most effectively represent, understand and respond to the wishes of their constituency. A recent overview of elected entities and community representative boards suggests a broader trend underway – that elected bodies and community representative groups increasingly need to be structured to hear and respond more directly to their constituents.
How task force could change the face of Muskoka health care
Vision includes integrating health services for seamless patient care, and more Jill Tettmann is the CEO for the North Simcoe Muskoka Local Health Integration Network. - nsmlhin.on.ca/Photo MUSKOKA – A task force created to map a future for integrated health-care...