To provide access to urgent and after-hours assessment and care for all residents, with a focus on unattached patients.

• Reduce pressure on hospital emergency department for low acuity conditions (CTAS 4 and 5 visits).

• Provide urgent and episodic care to residents without a local primary care provider.

To expand access to specialists by creating new programs for visiting specialists through a collaboration with the University Health Network/University of Toronto and others.

• Provide turnkey services to visiting specialists to see patients, with follow-up provided by a nurse practitioner.

• Increase access and reduce wait times for needed specialist services.

• Provide rural learning opportunities for medical residents.

To provide a full suite of diagnostic services to the residents of Gravenhurst and Muskoka.

• Laboratory specimen collection services in partnership with Dynacare.

• Xray and Ultrasound

• Reduce travel for area residents for diagnostic services.

• Reduce wait times for diagnostic services.

• Provide convenient access to long-term care (LTC) and retirement homes.

To provide a common front office and shared office space with complementary health and social service providers.

• Provide affordable, purpose built, space for co-location of  local health and social service providers.

• Increase access to needed community mental health services through partnership with Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) and Family Connexions.

• Facilitate collaborative initiatives by use of common meeting space and services.

• In partnership with Paramed expand home care clinic for wounds, IV antibiotics etc.

• Provide common meeting space for interprofessional team collaboration.

• Provide local access and increased availability of community paramedics.

• Expand access to palliative care advice through partnership with Hospice Muskoka.

Ensure all residents of Gravenhurst have a primary care provider supported by an interprofessional team, including nurses, pharmacists, mental health workers.

• We are exploring opportunities to offer new programs and services to meet community needs, including:

  • Geriatric assessment

  • Women’s health clinic