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Champlain LHIN starts updating regional health service plan gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca Eastern Ontario
in the Ministry of Health’s own Action Plan for Ontario’s health services. Those priorities include increasing the role of family health care facilities, more attention to the needs of seniors, and “more value for the money” in health care programs through efficient use of existing resources. The Champlain LHIN is responsible for distributing provincial health funds to lo- cal hospitals and other health service agencies in the Champlain region, which includes the City of Ottawa, the Five Counties, and neighbouring parts of Leeds, Grenville and Renfrew counties. LeClerc noted that the Champlain region’s IHSP will not be a copy of what other LHINs in the province are doing but will focus on funding priorities that deal with the health service needs unique to the region.
“It’s an important piece of work,” she said. Right now the review process for the IHSP is in the start-up stage. The Cham- plain LHIN board will appoint one of its members to take part in a Community En- gagement Advisory Group (CEAG) that will seek feedback from community groups, individuals and other stakeholders. The review process for the strategic plan will also include a review of the LHIN vision, mission statement, and overall values. LeClerc indicated part of the preparation work underway now for the review will include setting up a timetable for the con- sultation part of the process. Updates on the program should be available at the Champlain LHIN website at www.champlainlhin.on.ca.
The plan that guides how all health services are delivered in Ottawa and the Five Counties region and beyond is up for review, revision and renewal. The Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) board of trustees gave the green light to the start of the review process for the Integrated Health Service Plan (IHSP), the strategic plan that outlines priorities and issues for health care services in the Champlain region for next three years. “Our new plan will build on what we know,” said Chantal LeClerc, Champlain LHIN chief executive officer, during a phone interview April 23. The LHIN’s previous IHSP covered the period up to 2012. The next plan will guide the regional health agency and its affiliates like local hospitals and other health care service providers for the period from 2013 to 2016. “There’s been a lot of progress on some of the priorities identified in the first place,” said LeClerc, regarding the past IHSP. She noted that the new strategic plan
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will identify any new priorities and issues of concern and also look at “advancing the overall priorities of the province” outlined
Prescott-Russell now home to unwanted insect pest
The emerald ash borer has made itself at home in Eastern Ontario and that is bad news for woodlot owners and anyone with ash trees on their property. vision@eap.on.ca Prescott-Russell
United Counties of Leeds and Grenville were already part of the regulated area. For property owners in Prescott-Rus- sell and others added to the regulated area it means that any attempt to move ash wood out of the area without clearance from the CFIA will mean fines and possible criminal prosecution. This includes firewood or any lumber or other materials made out of local ash wood. The emerald ash borer is not a threat to human life but is a menace to ash tree stands and is already responsible for the destruction of millions of ash trees in On- tario and the northeast U.S., and can create future problems for forestry if not contained. Further information and updates on the ash borer situation are available online at www.inspection.gc.ca/pests.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has expanded a federal ministerial order alert on the emerald ash borer to include more of Eastern Ontario and Wes- tern Québec. The United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR) is one of the new additions to the regulated area for emerald ash borer infestation in Eastern Ontario. The Manitoulin district in Ontario is also part of the new expanded regulated area along with Montréal and its suburban en- virons over in Québec and all of the City of Gatineau now. The City of Ottawa and the
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