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AFHTO welcomes important step toward achieving team-based primary care for all Ontarians
April 11, 2025
The Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario (AFHTO) congratulates the Ministry of Health on yesterday’s important step toward achieving team-based primary care for everyone in the province.
Minister of Health Sylvia Jones helps celebrate five years of RC VTAC with Petawawa Centennial FHT
County of Renfrew published an article on Mar 31, 2025
A made-in-Renfrew-County solution to address health-care needs in response to COVID-19, launched mere days after the declaration of the global pandemic, has marked its fifth anniversary as it continues to evolve to provide impactful service for residents who do not have access to primary care.
Elliot Lake Family Health Team to host monthly mammogram bus
Elliott Lake Today published an article on Mar 20, 2025
By Lisa Rene-de-Cotret
The Elliot Lake Family Health Team (ELFHT) is excited to announce a new initiative focused on enhancing women’s health in our community.
On March 24, 2025, a designated mammogram bus will leave for Sudbury to offer crucial breast cancer screening services to ten local residents.
Exciting Leadership Appointment: Dale Clement Joins AFHTO as Senior Director of Strategy and Programs
Senior Director Strategy and Programs
AFHTO
Over 13,000 residents in Frontenac, Lennox and Addington got family doctors in 2024
88.7 myFM News published an article on Feb 13, 2025
By Emily Chatwood
More than 13,000 people in Frontenac, Lennox and Addington were connected to a family doctor or nurse practitioner in 2024, surpassing the original goal of 9,000.
Summerville FHT partnered with Mississauga OHT opens clinic to alleviate ER pressures
Mississauga News published an article on Jan 27, 2025
By News Room
Keep children out of hospitals.
That’s the goal of a Mississauga pediatric clinic led by nurse practitioners.
Couchiching Family Health Team, New Path Youth & Family Services, And CFS Counselling + Wellbeing Launch Coordinated Walk-In Mental Health Support
Muskoka 411 published an article on Feb 9, 2025
By News Room
In a significant step towards prioritizing mental health in the Couchiching community, Couchiching Family Health Team, New Path Youth & Family Services, and CFS Counselling + Wellbeing are proud to announce the official launch of their collaborative walk-in mental health counselling services.
Kincardine FHT opens renovated medical and childcare centre in Ripley
Kincardine News published an article on Jan 5, 2025
By Kincardine News
The newly renovated Ripley Medical and Childcare Centre is now fully operational and ready to serve the community.
Queen’s Family Health Team awarded $100K grant to connect patients to primary care
Global News published an article on Dec 19, 2024
By Paul Soucy
The Queen’s Family Health Team has been awarded $100,000 through the City of Kingston’s Primary Care Clinic Expansion Grant to help attach 1,200 unattached patients to primary care services.
'It's getting dire': Community clinics urge province to address wage gap
Stratford Beacon Herald published an article on Nov 06, 2024
By Bill Atwood
'This growing wage gap is causing unprecedented staffing shortages, impacting the care Ontarians rely on,' associations say about wage gap between community health-care providers and hospital employees.
Nurse practitioner Beth Cowper-Fung said recruiting employees for her community-based clinic is no longer easy.