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The trouble with LHINs
Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) have become lightning rods in many communities. The Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant LHIN was the focus of a scathing Ontario Ombudsman report “The LHIN Spin”...
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Turning the consultation tables on the LHINs
Part of the mandate of the Local Health Integration Networks has been community engagement. Usually the LHIN organizes the consultation and groups are invited to participate. There have been times when...
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Integration process missing from new round of hospital cuts
Local Health Integration Networks were purportedly created to bring health care planning, integration, accountability, and funding closer to the 14 regions they serve. A key role for the LHINs was to...
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Mental Health: New St. Thomas Forensic hospital suggests planned environment...
To be a patient here you not only have to have a mental disorder, but to have come in conflict with the law. The Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health Care opened in St. Thomas last year as the...
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Why are six LHINs still afraid to let the community speak directly to their...
The Local Health Integration Networks spend a lot of time talking about community engagement. In his 2010 report The LHIN Spin, the Ontario Ombudsman stated “the reality of community decision-making...
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Alexandra Hospital: Of truckers and outpatient labs
The Alexandra Hospital has a rather unique demographic. Located in Ingersoll, just off the 401 nestled between Kitchener and London, we’re told the hospital’s outpatient services are used frequently by...
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Hospital Cuts: Barrett could be hero or goat depending on the future of...
Michael Barrett has a problem. The CEO of the South West Local Health Integration Network (SW LHIN) now has the ball in his court as local support has been building to save the restorative care unit at...
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