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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 2009-07-01, Page 9Page ,3, !ERut serf flpvlYedies yoilll 4 J '0: Photos submitted In left picture, Phyllis Todd, right, and Dr. David McKnight accepted the 2009 Duncan Graham Award presented posthumously to the late. Dr. john W. Bradley. Dr. Bradley's sister, Phyllis, and good friend Dr. McKnight were honoured to accept the award by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in late May. In right picture, PhyllisTodd (sister of the late Dr. John Bradley) presented medical doc- tor graduate Shauna Tsuchiya with the Dr. John Bradley Memorial Award at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine Convocation Ceremony on June 3. Call for Applications: Family Health Teams. The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long -Term Care is inviting applications from health care providers and/or community- based groups for the establishment of Family Health Teams in the, following Local Health Integration Networks ` (LHINs): North West, North East, Erie St. Clair, North Simcoe Muskokca, Central West, Central East, Champlain and South East. These LHINs were selected based on a range of key indicators of need, including proportion of Ontarians without a family health care provider, chronic disease prevalence and existing family health care resources. In addition, the ministry is extending an invitation for the establishment of Family Health Teams to existing Shared Care Pilots and to applicants interested in expanding family medicine training capacity in an interdisciplinary family health care setting, within any LHIN. • Completed applications must be received by the Ministry of Health and Long -Term Care no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 80, 2009. A comprehensive application package is available on the Ministry of Health and Long -Term Care's website at: www.health.govon.ca/familyhealth Family Health Teams are locally driven family health care delivery organizations which include family physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses and a range of other interdisciplinary health care providers who are committed to working together collaboratively to provide comprehensive, accessible, coordinated family health care within their local community. Completed applications received after this time will not be considered. Applications can be submitted by e-mail, Canada Post or courier to: Family Health Care and Screening Unit (FHT) Implementation Branch Ministry of Health and Long -Term Care 1076 Bay Street, 10th Floor, Toronto, ON M5S 2B1 Inquiries should be directed to: FHT.Inquiries.MOH@ontario.ca Greater Toronto Area: 416-212-1741, or Toll-free: 1-877-830-1808 Paid for by the Government of Ontario. -,tooppo tft'Ontario • • Call for. Applications: Nurse Practitioner -Led Clinics The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long -Term Care is inviting applications from health care providers and/or community-based groups for the establishment of Nurse Practitioner -Led Clinics in the following Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs): North West, North East, Erie St. Clair, North Simcoe Muskoka, Central West, Central East, Champlain and South East. These LHINs were selected based on a range of key indicators of need, including proportion of Ontarians without a family health care provider, chronic disease prevalence and existing family health care resources. Completed applications must be received by the Ministry of Health and Long -Term Care no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 30, 2009. A comprehensive application package is available on the Ministry of Health and Long -Term Care's website at: www.health.gov.on.ca/transformationInp_elinies/np_nut.html Nurse Practitioner -Led Clinics are locally -driven primary family health care organizations, which include registered nurses in the extended class, registered nurses, family physicians and a range of other health -care professionals, who will work together to provide comprehensive, accessible and coordinated family health care services to a defined population. These clinics are part of the government's strategy to ensure that people have access to health care in their community instead of having to rely on hospital emergency departments. Completed applications received after this time will not be considered. Applications can be submitted by e-mail, Canada Post or courier to: Family Health Care and Screening Unit (NPC) Implementation Branch Ministry of Health and Long -Term Care 1076 Bay Street, 10th Floor, Toronto, ON M5S 2B1 Inquiries should be directed to: NPClinicInquiries.MOH@ontario.ca Greater Toronto Area: 416-212-1741, or Toll-free: 1-877-830-1808 Paid for by the Government of Ontario. •