{"id":9494,"date":"2020-03-11T14:44:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T18:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=9494"},"modified":"2020-04-19T14:36:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T18:36:31","slug":"impact-kawartha-lakes-health-coalition-aims-to-fight-changes-to-lindsay-hospital-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/impact-kawartha-lakes-health-coalition-aims-to-fight-changes-to-lindsay-hospital-act\/","title":{"rendered":"IMPACT: Kawartha Lakes Health Coalition aims to fight changes to Lindsay hospital act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(March 10, 2020)<\/p>\n<p>By: Catherine Whitnall,\u00a0<i class=\"fa fa-envelope\" title=\"Email Catherine Whitnall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\u00a0Kawartha Lakes This Week<\/p>\n<div id=\"div1703\" class=\"asset-mediaplayer act\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The Ross Memorial Hospital is actively seeking former patients, and family members of patients, to serve as Patient Experience Partners (PEPs) to help inform ongoing care. &#8211; File photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"div1785\" class=\"asset-body-part1 act\">\n<div>\n<p>Dozens of area residents have thrown their support behind the Kawartha Lakes Health Coalition\u2019s efforts to stop new legislation it believes will negatively impact the future of the Ross Memorial Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 300 people attended a special event hosted by the coalition Thursday (March 5) to hear about a private bill amendment to the special act of legislation that incorporated the hospital back in 1903, and which was amended in 1954, 1964 and 2000 to respond to the ever-changing nature of health care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"thirdPrg\">According to the coalition, the proposed legislation would \u2014 if passed by Queen\u2019s Park &#8212; wipe out all community memberships in the hospital and enable the hospital board to appoint itself, change the goals of the hospital so it no longer has to run a hospital, wipe out existing hospital laws and change the rules so that, if the hospital wishes to close or merge, it would no longer require legislative permission and public vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis trend of eliminating community members and having boards elect their own members is growing at hospitals across the province,\u201d says Ontario Health Coalition executive director Natalie Mehra. \u201cWe have spent the last 20 years fighting to retain community hospitals and services &#8230; The hospital has the powers it needs. There\u2019s no sense to have a big upheaval over a bill nobody needs or wants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ross Memorial interim CEO Veronica Nelson counters that this isn\u2019t the case. The bill will \u201cenable flexibility on how we provide care, to modernize references and to update the governance model to reflect a skills-based board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nelson went on to explain the proposed closed, skills-based board model is used in the majority of Ontario hospitals, including other medium-sized community hospitals, and is recognized as a best practice by the Ontario Hospital Association.<\/p>\n<p>She says a review of bylaw amendments, including the transition to a skills-based board, was presented at the hospital\u2019s public 2012 Annual General Meeting. Members voted in favour and the changes were implemented.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson notes the hospital regularly\u00a0involves the patients, families and community members in governance, decision-making and planning, notwithstanding that the board and its committees are community members but the public can attend open board meetings as well as the hospital\u2019s annual general meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital also welcomes public input.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of our quality improvement initiatives and service enhancements have come from recommendations from patients and families,\u201d says Nelson. \u201cFor example, we recently made enhancements to our operating room after receiving insightful patient feedback through our Quality and Patient Experience office.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"div1786\" class=\"asset-body-part2 act\">\n<div>\n<p>The bill was introduced by MPP Christine Hogarth on Feb. 27 and referred to the Commissioners of Estate Bills. After following legislative process and receiving Royal Assent, it will become the Ross Memorial Hospital Act, 2020.\u00a0The hospital is then obligated to follow the requirements of the Act along with other relevant acts including, but not limited to, the\u00a0<em>Public Hospitals Act, Connecting Care Act\u00a0<\/em>and<em>\u00a0Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Coalition members hope to stop the bill from getting any further.<\/p>\n<p class=\"thirdPrg\">\u201cWe only have a matter of weeks to stop it,\u201d says Mehra.<\/p>\n<p>Zac Miller and Bonnie Kennedy, co-chairs of the Kawartha Lakes group, are in the process of co-ordinating transportation to Queen\u2019s Park to speak against the bill. They encourage anyone interested in participating to email\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"mailto:kawarthalakeshealthcoalition@gmail.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">kawarthalakeshealthcoalition@gmail.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mykawartha.com\/news-story\/9878613-impact-kawartha-lakes-health-coalition-aims-to-fight-changes-to-lindsay-hospital-act\/\">Click here for original article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(March 10, 2020) By: Catherine Whitnall,\u00a0\u00a0Kawartha Lakes This Week The Ross Memorial Hospital is actively seeking former patients, and family members of patients, to serve as Patient Experience Partners (PEPs) to help inform ongoing care. &#8211; File photo Dozens of area residents have thrown their support behind the Kawartha Lakes Health Coalition\u2019s efforts to stop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ohc-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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