Community Health Care Committee

By-law No. 66-2021

The Town of Fort Erie is committed to recruiting and retaining quality physicians for our community. Fort Erie is seeking family physicians to join the existing medical community. Family physicians are in demand because of continued growth in our community and the retirement of several physicians.

We are offering an exciting, lucrative incentive package for new physicians coming into the community. Relocation expenses are included as part of our exciting package. In addition, we would be happy to showcase our community and the surrounding attractions on a site visit that we will arrange and fund for you and your spouse.

Our enthusiastic medical staff is eager to welcome students for elective or core family medicine rotations. In addition, we teach through the Niagara Campus of the DeGroote Medical School at McMaster University. We also work with the Rural Ontario Medical Program.

Please contact the Town of Fort Erie's Community Health Care Services Coordinator at the number below to discuss further exciting employment and lifestyle opportunities for physicians and other health care providers in our community.

Committee Members:

• Jill Croteau, Physician Recruitment & Retention Coordinator, Organization and Foundational Standards, Public Health, Niagara Region
• Amy Devereaux, Community at Large Member
• Susan Fyke, Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre/Community at Large Member & Kathleen Moses, Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre
• Dr. David Henry
• Mary Jane Johnson, Niagara Health System
• John Walpole, Community at Large Member
• Carol Nagy, Hospice Niagara
• Councillor Dubanow
• Councillor McDermott
• Mayor Redekop, Ex-Officio
• Councillor Christensen

Contact:

Alice Preston, Coordinator, Community Health Care Services

Phone: 905-871-1600, ext. 2544

Email: apreston@forterie.ca

Rural Ontario Medical Program (ROMP):

The Rural Ontario Medical Program (ROMP) coordinates medical rotations for future physicians from the six medical universities in Ontario. Located in South-Central Ontario, their mission is to reduce the burden on communities caused by the nation-wide physician distribution problem and create learning opportunities outside the academic centres and into communities.

Health Care Connect

Health Care Connect refers Ontarians who don't have a physician to a family health care provider who may be accepting new patients.

Unattached patients can call or visit healthcareconnect to register with the program. To register, patients must:

• have a valid OHIP card,
• complete a health questionnaire to determine their need for family health care services.

Priority is given to individuals who have more significant health needs.

Once registered, program participants get assigned to a Care Connector.

Care Connectors: Nurses employed by Community Care Access Centres. They will work with family physicians and nurse practitioners, accepting new patients.

Once a provider is found, Health Care Connect will give the patient the provider's practice information to schedule their first appointment.

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