Mind the Safety Gap in Health System Transformation

Nor has adequate The report offers a set of system level nursing thought been given to the cumulative impact of human resource recommendations, applicable these changes on the sustainability of the nursing to the province as a whole, to ensure the nursing workforce, patient outcomes and health system workforce is utilized in ways that contribute to effectiveness. [...] For during weekends/holidays), a lack of consistency example, in home health care, a publicly available in home and community care services, public ‘Levels of Care Framework’ will be developed to health services that are separate from the rest of make assessment and service delivery consistent the health system, and an overall fragmentation across the province (MOHLTC, 2015b). [...] The MOHLTC advocates and caregivers will also be included in has proposed expanding the role of the LHIN to developing a statement of shared values to guide encompass at least some planning and funding the transformation of home and community care, responsibilities for all sectors, including public resulting in local level capacity plans and standards 9 to achieve access (MOHLTC, 2015b). [...] Thoughtful deliberation is necessary to like five, 10 and 20 years from now?” As a starting determine the population’s health needs and the point, the shift of care to the community has corresponding overall supply of health professionals broad implications for the entire health system. [...] Thus, although outside the scope of this paper, RNAO insists that determinants The relationship between the MOHLTC, LHINs and of health must be at the centre of the government’s health service providers will need to be well defined health system transformation agenda.