| Date | Title |
| Aug 30,
2010 | Central LHIN and partners to announce significant Aging at Home investment |
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| Jul 29,
2010 | Pay-for-Results Funding to Help Reduce Emergency Department Wait Times |
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| Jun 10,
2010 | Stronach Regional Cancer Centre Opens |
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| Jun 9,
2010 | Helping Seniors Find a Place to Call Home |
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| Jun 2,
2010 | Supporting Independent Living for Seniors In Don Mills |
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| May 14,
2010 | ER Nurses Improving Access to Care |
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| May 11,
2010 | Creating More Opportunities for Nurses |
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| May 10,
2010 | New Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics |
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| May 6,
2010 | Ontario Improving Access To Family Health Care |
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| May 3,
2010 | Government of Ontario introduces Excellent Care for All Bill |
| On May 3, 2010, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Deb Matthews introduced a piece of legislation called the Excellent Care for All Bill. If passed, the legislation will make health care providers and executives accountable for improving patient care and enhance the patient experience. |
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| Apr 6,
2010 | New Member Appointed to Central LHIN Board of Directors |
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| Feb 3,
2010 | Increasing Access To Modern Long-Term Care Homes |
| Residents in long-term care homes can look forward to more modern and comfortable living as the province redevelops more than 4,100 beds across Ontario. |
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| Jan 22,
2010 | Growing Communities Get Hospital Funding Boost |
| This year, the province is providing $10 million in new base funding to help hospitals in communities experiencing high population growth manage increased demand and reduce wait times. |
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| Jan 15,
2010 | Enhancing Francophone Input Into Health Care Services |
| Ontario is giving the province’s francophone community more input into the planning and integration of French language health services in local communities. |
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| Dec 14,
2009 | Family Health Team Announced for Markham |
| A new Family Health Team (FHT) will be opened in Markham to provide the community with better access to family health care. |
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| Nov 30,
2009 | Central LHIN Releases New Integrated Health Service Plan |
| Central LHIN has released its Integrated Health Service Plan (IHSP) 2010-2013, Creating Caring Communities, Healthier People...Together! |
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| Nov 17,
2009 | Standing Up to Diabetes in Central LHIN |
| New Diabetes Education Teams at Black Creek Health Centre and Southlake Regional Health Centre. |
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| Nov 13,
2009 | More Critical Care for Ontario Newborns |
| Ontario is adding new neonatal intensive care beds at York Central Hospital and Markham Stouffville Hospital to ensure more newborns can get better access to intensive care closer to home. |
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| Jul 30,
2009 | Central LHIN Welcomes New CEO |
| The Board of Directors of the Central Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kim Baker as the new Chief Executive Officer. |
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| Jul 13,
2009 | Central LHIN Announces $110,300 in Funding for Supportive Housing |
| Central LHIN is pleased to announce $110,300 in funding for eight supportive housing units in Central LHIN to help people living with addictions increase stability and security in their lives and reduce pressure on hospital emergency rooms. |
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| Jul 13,
2009 | Backgrounder: Supportive Housing for People with Substance Use Issues(2) |
| Ontario is providing $16 million over three years to fund 1,000 supportive housing units for people with substance use issues or concurrent disorders. |
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| May 22,
2009 | Central Local Health Integration Network Receives Funding to Alleviate ER Pressures |
| The Central Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) is receiving funding through... |
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| May 21,
2009 | Central LHIN to receive $33,617,801 |
| The Central Local Health Integration Network is receiving $33,617,801, an increase of... |
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| Apr 28,
2009 | Primary Care eHealth Forum April 30, 2009 - Presentation Materials |
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| Mar 27,
2009 | New Humber River Neonatal Clinic follows development of high risk babies |
| A new Neonatal Follow-up Clinic is creating great enthusiasm among staff... |
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| Aug 19,
2008 | McGuinty Government Announces $23.3 Million to Add 873 Personal Support Workers |
| Ontario is providing $23.3 million to support the creation of 873 personal support worker positions in long-term care homes. |
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| Apr 16,
2008 | Hospital Funding Boost for Central LHIN Hospitals |
| Central Local Health Integration Network hospitals will benefit from a $51.1 million boost in funding for 2008-09 – a 5.5 per cent increase over last year. The additional funding for Central LHIN hospitals for 2008-09 is for continuing the wait time strategy, providing support to small rural hospitals, and managing post construction operating expenses for completed hospital capital projects. |
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| Apr 13,
2008 | Funding Boost for Ontario Hospitals |
| The Ministry of Health and Long Term Care announced a $667.2 million funding boost for Ontario hospitals - a 4.9 per cent increase over last year. This investment includes increases in base funding to all hospitals as well as $295 million in targeted funding. |
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| Mar 11,
2008 | CENTRAL LHIN Promotes Strategy to Develop High Volume Cataract Centres |
| Hospitals get on board with planning proposed integration: centres of excellence would result in positive patient outcomes, shorter wait times and more surgeries. |
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| Feb 29,
2008 | Central LHIN Board Approves in Principle Slate of Proposed Aging at Home Projects |
| At the February 26, 2008 public board meeting, Central LHIN's Board of Directors approved in principle a slate of 26 proposed projects as part of the LHIN's Detailed Service Plan for year one of the Aging at Home strategy. |
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| Sep 10,
2007 | Aging at Home Strategy |
| In August 2007, Ontario’s Minister of Health and Long-Term Care announced Aging at Home, a three-year $700 million dollar provincial strategy to help streamline, promote integration and build community capacity of care and services for seniors. |
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| Sep 10,
2007 | McGuinty Government Improves Access to Substance Abuse Services |
| The McGuinty government is increasing funding for substance abuse services by $8.3 million this year, an increase of almost seven per cent. $6.3 million will be allocated for services across Ontario’s 14 LHINs. |
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| Sep 8,
2007 | Improving Access to Hospital Services |
| The McGuinty government is investing a total of $66.2 million in Post Construction Operating Plan (PCOP) funding to support the expansion of 20 hospitals, which will result in better access to quality care for patients in these communities, by providing operating dollars to pay for the new or expanded programs and services, as well as additional space and equipment. |
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| Sep 6,
2007 | Central LHIN Increasing Access to Community-Based Care |
| The Central Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) is increasing access to community health services in its service area for patients who no longer need acute hospital care but instead need long-term or community-based care, Central LHIN’s CEO Hy Eliasoph announced today. The $842,200 investment will help ease hospital overcrowding. |
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| Sep 6,
2007 | McGuinty Government Increases Access to Long-Term Care Beds for South Simcoe Residents |
| The McGuinty government is awarding a total of 96 new long-term care home beds in South Simcoe to increase access to quality long-term care health services, Health and Long-Term Care Minister George Smitherman announced today. The new beds will bring 69 jobs to the region. |
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| Sep 6,
2007 | McGuinty Government Supports Better Access to Health Care Services |
| The McGuinty government is supporting two innovative delivery models at North York General Hospital’s Branson site to reduce wait times and improve access to cataract surgeries and total joint hip and knee replacements, Health and Long-Term Care Minister George Smitherman announced today. |
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| Sep 6,
2007 | Southlake Regional Health Centre Officially Kicks-Off Construction of the Regional Cancer Centre at Southlake |
| Dan Carriere, President and CEO, Southlake Regional Health Centre, officially announced the start of the construction of the four-storey Regional Cancer Centre at Southlake — the centrepiece of the hospital’s regional cancer program. |
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| May 22,
2007 | New Wait Time Data Shows Double-Digit Drops in the Central Area |
| New wait time data shows the Ontario government's Wait Time Strategy is resulting in decreases in wait times for key health services in the Central Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) area, Health and Long-Term Care Minister George Smitherman announced today. |
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| Apr 27,
2007 | McGuinty Government Works With Community To Support Health Care Plan for Vaughan |
| The McGuinty Government is supporting planning for new hospital services in the Vaughan community, Health and Long-Term Care Minister George Smitherman announced today. Central LHIN will advise the government on new hospital services in Vaughan. |
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