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News
South West LHIN shares
highlights of draft service plan
From Page 1
discussion groups at the meeting.
"You are going to have to devel-
op our trust with what you're
doing," added Pat " Cluff, of
Seaforth, who was also speaking
for his discussion group.
Other voices in the groups
expressed that the LHIN is going
to have to prove to the community
consumers won't have to travel to
Ibbermory for care and that rural
Ontario won't lose services.
"Don't mess with us," said one
woman.
Close to 60 community mem-
bers attended the forum Tuesday
afternoon at the Seaforth Legion
where they were presented with
the highlights of the South West
LHIN's draft service plan, which
is not yet a public document. The
LHIN has an Oct. 31 deadline to
submit US service plan to the
province.
Public feedback about the pro-
posed three-year plan was the
purpose of the meeting, where
community members were divided
into four discussion groups.
Zbny Woolgar; CEO of the South
West LHIN, said the South West
LHIN expects $1.5 billion in
provincial funding to divide up
between the 20 hospitals, 74 long-
term care homes, six community " ; 4 ° ' Susan Hundertmark photo
care access centres, 28 mental South West LHIN CEO Tony Woolgar talks to close to 60 Seaforth
health agencies, 14 addiction- community members at the Seaforth Legion last Tuesday.
agencies, 65 community support
services and d two community health centres in
the region from Tobermory to West Lorne.
"We want to make sure each community is
engaged, bringing the local piece right down
to your community - that's why we've got 31
community meetings planned," said Woolgar.
He said the LHIN will not be funding doc-
tors, public health, drugs, private labs, ambu-
lance services and provincial networks and
programs.
Community meetings in Huron -Perth will
continue until an Oct. 2 meeting in Listowel.
Woolgar said the LHIN has a mission to
make sure necessary health care is available
when people need it, smoothing out any
cracks between the hospitals, longterm care
facilities and other healthcare services.
"As of today, we hope you're our ambas-
sadors. It's crucial for you to understand and
believe what LHINs are about," he said.
Kelly Gillis, the South West LHIN's senior
director, said the proposed priorities for the
LHIN during the next three years includes
strengthening and improving primary care,
preventing and managing chronic illness, cre-
ating a seamless movement across the system
for adults with complex needs and planning
for the services consumers need when they
need them.
"We want to build local services for local
people across all urban and rural settings,"
she said.
Gillis said chronic disease rates are higher
in the South West LHIN than many in the
province, including higher levels of heart dis-
ease, chronic bronchitis, diabetes, asthma,
high blood pressure and arthritis.
As well, she said priorities of the LHIN
include supporting healthcare workers with
strategies to attract and retain them and cre-
ating a better system to share health informa-
tion across the system.
Community members also had concerns
about how the $1.5 billion will be split up and
what will happen if there isn't enough to go
around.
"Are you going to cut positions in the LHIN
or cut local services?" asked one woman.
"When we're going to the funding trough,
how will our voices be heard?" said a man.
Woolgar said the South West LHIN plans to
continue holding community meetings each
year.
"I'm delighted by people's willingness to
come and listen. They're perhaps cynical and
worn down by change but they seem willing to
give us a try," he said after the meeting.
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