The Algoma Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic is set to expand its patient roster after receiving over $500,000 from the province<\/p>\n
Sault Ste. Marie’s member of provincial parliament was at a local nurse practitioner-led clinic today to announce funding for more patients to be attached to a primary care provider.<\/p>\n
In the announcement, the province\u00a0is spending $542,300\u00a0this year to connect up to 1,325 people to primary care in the city through the\u00a0Algoma Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic.<\/p>\n
The local funding is part of a\u00a0$2.1 billion Primary Care Action Plan by the province\u00a0that will help connect 300,000 people across Ontario to primary care this year. Eventually, the province aims to\u00a0connect everyone in Ontario to a publicly-funded family doctor or primary care team.<\/p>\n
“This investment in the Algoma Nurse Practitioners Led Clinic will expand access to primary care, and bring more health professionals to Northern Ontario, ensuring that more patients have a trusted health-care provider close to home,” said Sault MPP Chris Scott in a news release.<\/p>\n
“We know how important it is for families in the North to get timely, high-quality care without having to travel long distances. By supporting the recruitment and retention of medical professionals and investing directly in our local health teams, we are protecting the health of Ontarians, strengthening our communities, and building a stronger, healthier province for the future,” Scott said.<\/p>\n
“The Algoma NPLC looks forward to continuing to work with the Ministry of Health and our local partners to ensure every resident in our region is attached to a primary care team and receives the high-quality, continuous care they deserve,” said\u00a0Dominic Noel, executive director for the clinic.<\/p>\n
“We remain optimistic that future investments will further bolster our efforts and help us to fully close the gap for unattached patients in Sault Ste. Marie and the surrounding area.\u201d<\/p>\n
The full press release from Scott’s office can be seen below:<\/p>\n
As part of its $2.1 billion Primary Care Action Plan to connect everyone in Ontario to a publicly funded family doctor or primary care team, the Ontario Government is investing $542,300.00 this year to connect up to 1325 people to primary care in Sault Ste. Marie.<\/p>\n
This investment is part of the government\u2019s Primary Care Action Plan that will help connect 300,000 people to primary care this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nurse Practitioner Led clinics are an innovative model for delivery of comprehensive primary health care in Ontario and Canada. The model is designed to improve access to care for the thousands of individuals and families who do not currently have a primary health-care provider.<\/p>\n
The Algoma Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic will establish a process to accept new patients and will communicate this to their local community.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough Ontario\u2019s Primary Care Action Plan, our government is taking real action to strengthen health care in every corner of the province, including right here in Sault Ste. Marie. This investment in the Algoma Nurse Practitioners Led Clinic will expand access to primary care, and bring more health professionals to Northern Ontario, ensuring that more patients have a trusted health care provider close to home. We know how important it is for families in the North to get timely, high-quality care without having to travel long distances. By supporting the recruitment and retention of medical professionals and investing directly in our local health teams, we are protecting the health of Ontarians, strengthening our communities, and building a stronger, healthier province for the future.\u201d said Chris Scott, MPP for Sault Ste. Marie<\/p>\n
The Algoma Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic was funded through a recent call for proposals focused on communities\u2014identified by postal code\u2014with the highest number of residents not connected to primary care, including those on the Health Care Connect waitlist.<\/p>\n
Each successful team has established a plan to attach a high proportion of unattached people in their postal codes and demonstrated readiness to achieve significant progress within a year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis funding is a crucial endorsement of the team-based care model we champion. It will allow us to expand our services and welcome more residents who are currently without a primary care team. We are deeply grateful for the Ministry of Health’s continued support and their recognition of the urgent need in our community,”\u00a0said Dominic Noel, executive director NP Lead MN NP-PHC.<\/p>\n
“This is a monumental step in the right direction, and we are hopeful that it signals the beginning of sustained investment in our region’s health-care system. The Algoma NPLC looks forward to continuing to work with the Ministry of Health and our local partners to ensure every resident in our region is attached to a primary care team and receives the high-quality, continuous care they deserve. We remain optimistic that future investments will further bolster our efforts and help us to fully close the gap for unattached patients in Sault Ste. Marie and the surrounding area,” Noel said.<\/p>\n
This investment is part of the more than $2.1 billion the Ontario government is investing to support the Primary Care Action Plan that will add over 300 new primary care teams across the province. This includes $235 million in 2025-26 that in part is supporting over 130 new and expanded primary care teams across the province.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are continuing to build on our government\u2019s record investments, which have helped secure Ontario the highest rate of access to a regular health-care provider in the country,\u201d said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are protecting Ontario\u2019s health-care system and people\u2019s access to convenient care by funding new and expanded primary care teams across the province, helping connect everyone in Ontario to a primary care provider.\u201d<\/p>\n
Through Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, the Ontario government continues to take bold and decisive action to grow the province\u2019s highly skilled health care workforce and ensure people and their families have access to high-quality care closer to home for generations to come.<\/p>\n
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\nInterprofessional primary care teams connect people to a range of health professionals that work together under one roof, including registered and registered practical nurses, physiotherapists, social workers, and pharmacists, helping patients to receive more connected and convenient care.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eligible teams not selected for funding in this round will be encouraged to refine and resubmit their proposals for the next call for proposals, which is expected to launch in September 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ontario\u2019s Primary Care Action Team, led by Dr. Jane Philpott, will implement its action plan supported by the government\u2019s historic investment of more than $2.1 billion to connect approximately two million more people to a family physician or primary care team by 2029, which will achieve the government\u2019s goal of connecting everyone in the province to primary care.<\/p>\n
The Ontario Government recently passed the Primary Care Act, 2025., which establishes primary care as the foundation of Ontario\u2019s health-care system and sets out six clear objectives for Ontario\u2019s publicly funded primary care system to ensure people know what they can expect when connecting to primary care.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In 2024, Ontario invested $110 million in primary care teams across the province, helping to connect 328,000 more people to primary care close to home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Algoma Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic is set to expand its patient roster after receiving over $500,000 from the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[56393,49,48,84,392],"class_list":["post-96682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-algoma-nurse-practitioner-led-clinicfunding-announcementchris-scott","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}