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Ontario Government Releases 2012 Progress Report

Web posted on October 28, 2012

The Ontario Government has just released a three part 2012 Progress Report that reports on the Ontario government's updates on balancing Ontario's books, keeping the education system among the best in the world and health care reform.

The 2012 Progress Report is available at the Ontario government website.

Highlights of the report include:

  • Making it easier than ever to get your free flu shot close to home -- through your family doctor, nurse-led flu immunization clinics and now at participating pharmacies. Specially trained pharmacists can give the flu shot to Ontarians, age five and over.
  • Twenty-four nurse practitioner-led clinics are open and serving patients. Two more will open this year.
  • Over 215,000 more Ontarians received home care last year, helping seniors who want to live independently do so while freeing up hospital beds and staff in hospitals and long-term care centres.
  • Two hundred Family Health Teams were created working to provide health care services to 2.8 million Ontarians, including 42 new teams in the North.
  • Two new midwife-led birth centres will give moms more choice in where they deliver babies, freeing up hospitals to handle higher-risk deliveries.
"Our vision is to make Ontario the healthiest place in North America to grow up and grow old. We're proud of all that we have achieved, but we're not resting on our laurels. Through our Action Plan for Health Care, we are transforming our health care system to ensure it is there for our kids and our grandkids, just as it is there for us." Comments Deb Matthews, the Minister of Health and Long Term Care

Action Plan also outlines several initiatives that are underway; including:

  • Patient-based hospital funding, so that hospitals are funded based on how many patients they see, the services they deliver, and the quality of those services.
  • The Healthy Kids Panel to tackle childhood obesity.
  • The Seniors Care Strategy to help seniors stay healthy and live at home longer.
  • Expanded availability of smoking cessation programs to addiction treatment centres.
  • Home care for 90,000 more seniors, including 3 million more personal support worker hours.

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