Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is responsible for administering the health-care system, regulating hospitals and nursing homes and medical laboratories and co-ordinating emergency health services. The Ministry of Health also provides services through programs like health insurance, drug benefits, care for the mentally ill, assistive devices, long-term and home care, community and public health, health promotion and disease prevention. For more information visit the Ontario Health System Web site.
Community Health Centres (CHCs) are non-profit organizations providing primary health and health promotion programs for individuals, families and communities, helping them take more responsibility for their health and well being. There are 55 CHCs in Ontario. CHCs are established and governed by a community-elected board of directors. For more information contact:
London InterCommunity Health Centre
659 Dundas Street East
London, Ontario N5W 2Z1
Tel: (519) 660-0874
Fax: (519) 642-1532.
Public Health Units are official health agencies established by a group of urban and rural municipalities to provide community health programs carried out by specially qualified staff. There are 37 public health units in Ontario, all governed by a board of health, and administered by the medical officer of health who reports to the local board of health. Public Health Units administer health promotion and disease prevention programs to inform the public about healthy life-styles through health education for all ages, selected screening services immunization, food premises inspections and more. For additional information visit the Middlesex-London Health Unit Web site.
The Health Intelligence Unit (HIU) program is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and was established to strengthen regional partnerships among District Health Councils, Public Health Units and Academic Health Science Centres, to support their common and complementary roles in health assessment and planning for their communities. London is a member of the Southwest Region Health Information Partnership.
Community Care Access Centres (CCAC) are funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care and were established to assist residents in Ontario by providing community health and support services. CCAC Services include care co-ordination, nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, social work, nutrition counselling, speech therapy, personal support services, paediatric and health support services and admission to long-term care facilities. The CCAC of London and Middlesex is one of 43 CCACs in Ontario.
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO)
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario is the licensing body for Ontario's physicians. The College issues certificates of registration (license) to doctors to allow them to practise medicine, including educational licenses, investigates complaints against doctors on behalf of the public, and disciplines doctors who are guilty of professional misconduct or incompetence. For more information about CPSO and/or how to obtain your licensure, visit the CPSO web site.
College of Midwives of Ontario (COMO)
The College of Midwives of Ontario is the regulatory body governing the profession in Ontario. In order to practise in Ontario, all midwives must be registered with the College. For more information about COMO and/or to register, visit the COMO web site.
Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario
The Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario (RCDSO) is the regulatory or governing body established by the provincial government to regulate the practice of dentistry in Ontario. For more information or to obtain a license visit the RCDSO web site.
Delivery of Regional Health-Care Services
The London Hospitals - London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph's Health Care London - provide primary and secondary care to the City of London and the County of Middlesex.
Southwestern Ontario is a unique region of the Province. Because the London Hospitals are the Academic Health Centre for the Southwest region of Ontario, they also provide tertiary and quaternary services, when appropriate, to a catchment area of 1.9 million residents.
The face of Southwestern Ontario's urban and rural health-care system is currently undergoing major transformations. Merging of health-care organizations into larger networks of providers has required health-care providers to reassess how, where and when they deliver patient care.
The Challenges
Similar to challenges faced by industries, Ontario's health-care system has seen a shift toward greater organization of services and implementation of utilization management processes. We need to ensure effective delivery of co-ordinated, quality services to a wider range of customers and provide medical staff with new opportunities while controlling the costs of service delivery. Click here for more information on the London Hospitals current restructuring.
Our Commitment
The London Hospitals and its regional partners have currently implemented over 50 clinical-care improvement initiatives. Our partner organizations for these regional initiatives are committed to working together and have created a strong momentum to enhance the delivery of health-care services across Southwestern Ontario.
