KAWARTHA LAKES-A vision by staff at Community Care Kawartha Lakes for a local Health Hub is one step closer to reality.
Community Care Health & Care Network’s application for a Hub Model capital project was recently endorsed by the Central East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN)Board of Directors. The proposal and request for funding to build a “Community Health Hub Model of Care” has been forwarded to the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care for review. If successful, a planning grant will be issued to initiate the capital development project.
The Hub proposal is in line with Community Care’s Vision “To Build Healthy Communities” and with its current strategic plan, says Catherine Danbrook, Chief Executive Officer. “Community Care has several objectives in proposing a Community Health Hub Model of Care,” Danbrook said. “It would bring together multiple community-based services to meet local needs through collective impact and integrated service delivery. It would also improve operational efficiencies and client experience, and help to simplify client navigation of services.”
Community Care currently operates five service sites in Lindsay and offers Community Health Centre services, Community Support Services, Home Support, Hospice and Palliative Care services. The Hub model proposes housing all of Community Care’s current LHIN-funded programs and services in Lindsay, along with those of several other local health care and service agencies who have been engaged in considering partnering and co-locating in the Hub. The new Hub will be located on the land purchased at 21 Angeline St. N. in Lindsay where a new Community Health Centre will be built in 2018.
Additionally, as an integrated facility, a Health Hub would help the partner organizations build capacity through collaboration and efficiencies, enhance financial sustainability and allow for better leveraging of private sector partnerships, Danbrook said.
