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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.
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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.
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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.
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