The Latest news impacting our sector, including AMHO media releases

June 29, 2016 – Addictions and Mental Health Ontario (AMHO) strongly supports the Government of Ontario’s move to make naloxone, an opioid overdose antidote, available without a prescription and at no cost for eligible Ontarians. “AMHO has long been advocating for greater access to naloxone. This is a life-saving change and an important step towards addressing the […]

June 27, 2016 – Across Ontario, significant local and regional efforts are underway to improve access to mental health and addictions services using coordinated or centralized models. Review of Coordinated/Centralized Access Mechanisms: Evidence, Current State, and Implications is the first report to offer a published description of the different coordinated or centralized access efforts across Ontario. The report […]

June 22, 2016  – ​ A Health Quality Ontario report entitled Connecting the Dots for Patients looks at family doctors’ views on coordinating care for their patients with home care, community services, hospitals and specialists in Ontario. The report, based on the 2015 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Doctors, finds that Ontario has one of the lowest reported […]

June 21, 2016 – Ontario Housing Minister Chris Ballard and Canada’s Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Jean-Yves Duclos, announced today that they are doubling the current funding levels for the Investment in Affordable Housing (IAH) Program to more than $336 million over the next two years. More details here. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column_inner][/et_pb_row_inner][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_section]

The North East LHIN recently released a Review of Addiction Services in the North East Region, undertaken by Dr. Brian Rush (report available here). The report provides an in-depth analysis of addiction services in the region, and finds high levels of substance use related challenges, as well as significantly higher utilization of health services related to substance […]