Headwaters receives provincial funding of $1.117million for 6 more beds

Dufferin-Caledon: MPP Jones is pleased that Headwaters Health Care Centre (HHCC) is
receiving one-time funding of $ 1,177,800 to help alleviate hospital capacity pressures and reduce
wait times. This funding will support six additional beds at HHCC until the end of March 2021.

The Ontario government is providing $116.5 million to create up to 766 more beds at 32 hospitals
and alternate health facilities across the province. This investment will help reduce surgical
backlogs and improve access to care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“This additional funding by the province helps to ensure that patients within our communities can
receive care they deserve close to home,” said Jones. “This will make a difference for families and
patients who would have had to travel further for care.”

“Receiving funding for an additional six beds during this challenging time allows us to respond to
increased hospital admissions and pressures being experienced across the care system,”
remarked Kim Delahunt, President & CEO, Headwaters Health Care Centre.

The new beds announced today are in addition to the $234.5 million investment for 139 critical
care beds and up to 1,349 hospital beds included in Ontario’s fall preparedness plan, Keeping
Ontarians Safe: Preparing for Future Waves of COVID-19. This brings the total investment to $351
million for more than 2,250 new beds at 57 hospitals and alternate health facilities across the
province - beds that will add more capacity for hospitals, help with occupancy pressures and
support the continuation of surgeries and procedures.

“Our government is making the necessary investments to quickly and effectively increase hospital
capacity and reduce wait times for patients and families in Dufferin-Caledon,” said Minister Elliott.
“This additional investment will ensure our health care system is able to respond to future waves of
COVID-19 and help patients waiting for surgeries and other procedures get the care they need,
faster.”

The government is providing $2.8 billion for the COVID-19 fall preparedness plan. It focuses on
addressing surges in COVID-19 cases and reducing health service backlogs by:

Extending hours for additional priority surgeries and diagnostic imaging;
Helping up to 850 alternate level of care patients access proper care in a home or community setting to help free up hospital capacity;
Expanding digital health and virtual services, which provide alternatives to in-person care that limit the transmission of COVID-19, while maintaining access to care;
Improving access to mental health and addictions services and supports; and
Increasing home and community care service by adding 484,000 nursing and therapy visits and 1.4 million personal support worker hours.

The province continues to work with its health sector partners and Ontario Health to develop an
integrated health system capacity plan in response to COVID-19. This plan will help ensure
hospitals can continue to provide care for COVID-19 patients and treat patients who have been
waiting for surgeries and tests. The province will continue to monitor and assess the health
system’s needs and address any challenges hospitals may face.

Building on Ontario’s Action Plan: Responding to COVID-19, the province’s $30 billion response to
the pandemic, the government remains committed to providing necessary resources to protect
people’s health and support people, families, workers and business owners. Ontario will release its
2020 Budget and the next phase of Ontario’s Action Plan on November 5, 2020.

With a recent increase in cases of COVID-19, it remains vital for the government to continue to
protect vulnerable populations and for each Ontarian to follow public health advice.

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