Waterloo region health teams get $4.1M from province to connect people to primary health care
Kitchener-Conestoga MPP and Minister of Natural Resources Mike Harris made the announcement on Tuesday at the HART (homeless and addiction recovery treatment) hub in Kitchener.
The funding comes after the province put out a call for proposals where it was found there were the highest number of people on wait lists for a primary care providers.
The local groups to receive funding are:
Community Healthcaring Kitchener-Waterloo, which operates the HART hub.
New Vision Family Health Team in Kitchener.
Waterloo Region Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic in Cambridge.
Woolwich Community Health Centre.
Harris said in a release about the announcement that the funding will help those health teams "connect thousands of residents across Waterloo region to the care they deserve."
The province said the funding is part of a $2.1-billion plan to connect everyone in the province to a publicly funded family doctor or primary care team.
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