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Congratulations to Kawartha North FHT for earning an Ontario Trillium Grant over an 11-month period (August 2017 to July 2018) to build inclusive and engaged communities in the City of Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton County that tackle poverty reduction. This work continues the efforts of a joint Poverty Reduction Strategy Action Plan supported by the City of Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton County in 2012.

Bancroft This Week article published August 3, 2017. Article in full pasted below. Sarah Sobanski, Bancroft This Week North Hastings Hospital is celebrating the first graduating class of its pulmonary rehabilitation program — and the program’s continuation.

St. Catharines Standard article published July 28, 2017. Article in full pasted below. Cheryl Clock, St. Catharines Standard It was some 30 years ago that Dr. Brian Kerley, then a new family doctor in St. Catharines, started working shifts in the emergency department at the old Hotel Dieu Hospital on Ontario Street.

Published in the Ontario Pharmacist magazine, Vol. 81, Issue 2, 2017, click here for the full article.

Expert Panel Report: Public Health Within an Integrated Health System

Patients First legislation includes a requirement for the public health sector and the province’s local health integration networks (LHINs) to work together to reduce health disparities and improve access to health care services. The Government of Ontario established the Expert Panel on Public Health (“Expert Panel") in January 2017. Their report, “Public Health within an Integrated Health System” was released on July 20, 2017.

CTV News Article published July 19, 2017. Article in full pasted below. Sheryl Ubelacker, The Canadian Press TORONTO - A small proportion of Ontario doctors who treat people battling opioid addictions prescribe the majority of the medications used to treat the disorder, a study has found, raising concerns about the quality of patient care and access to therapy.

The Petrolia Topic article published July 18, 2017. Article in full pasted below. Melissa Shilz, Postmedia Network This summer marks the fifth year of the Inwood Kids Program, a rural summer camp run through the Central Lambton Family Health Team and other partners like the Oil Heritage District Community Centre.

• Are you proud of what your team has accomplished?

• Do you want your colleagues to be recognized for the amazing work they do?

• Do you think it would be great to see your initiative spread across the province?

If you’ve said yes to any of the above, submit a Bright Lights nomination! They’ve started to pour in so don’t be left out- send in your nominations and supporting documents before the deadline, Wednesday, July 26.

More Ontarians are filling opioid prescriptions now than ever before according to a recent report by Health Quality Ontario. Nearly two out of every 1,000 Ontarians visited an emergency department within a week of being dispensed an opioid and the death rate from opioid overdoses has nearly quadrupled in Ontario in the last 25 years.