Ontario investing in Nurse Practitioner Clinics to improve access to health care
Press Release
New Nurse Practitioner Clinics On The Way - McGuinty Government Expanding Access To Care For Patients, Families
November 27, 2009
Thousands more patients across Ontario will have access to family health care thanks to seven more new nurse practitioner-led clinics slated to open throughout the province.
The seven clinics will be located in: Belleville, Essex, French River, Glengarry South, Oro Station, Oshawa and Thunder Bay. These are in addition to the four clinics already announced for Barrie, Belle River, Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay. In total, 25 nurse practitioner-led clinics will operate across the province by 2011/12.
Nurse practitioner-led clinics offer a team-based approach to frontline health care. Nurse practitioners are able to treat common illnesses and injuries, and order lab tests, X-rays and other diagnostic tests. They can also refer patients to specialists. They will work with doctors, nurses and other health care providers at the clinic.
Ontarians will be connected to nurse practitioner clinics through:
- Health Care Connect, a new program to help people find a family health care provider.
- Your Health Care Options, a new source that enables Ontarians to make informed decisions about where to go for minor illnesses or injury.
QUICK FACTS
- Nurse practitioner-led clinics will work with public health units and other community-based health care providers to focus on services such as managing chronic disease, promoting health and preventing disease.
- Ontario's first nurse practitioner-led clinic opened in Sudbury in 2007 and provides family health care to about 2,000 patients.
LEARN MORE
• Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics In Ontario
• Read more about nurse practitioner-led clinics.
CONTACTS
• David Jensen
Communications Branch
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• Ivan Langrish
Minister's Office
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