Final Report of Supervisor Robert Devitt

I want to acknowledge the staff, physicians and volunteers at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance who through the period of dysfunction leading up to the appointment of a Supervisor and through the major changes that have occurred over the last 18 months have been unwavering in their focus on excellent patient care. [...] Finally, I want to acknowledge the support received over the last year and one half from the Ontario Public Service members of the Ministry of Health and staff of the Erie St Clair Local Health Integration Network. [...] However, with the benefit of more intensive review and analysis, the focus under supervision moved from the competing redevelopment visions of the three Boards, as outlined in the report, to the underlying root cause of the problems namely a fundamentally flawed governance structure. [...] At the heart of the dysfunction at CKHA were five corporate level elements that collectively contributed to the impasse at the Board level and placed the organization on the verge of insolvency. [...] Symptoms of this severely challenged organization have been well documented over the past year and a half including: • A workplace described by many as toxic • An organization on the verge of insolvency • Lack of clear and realistic facility redevelopment strategies • Lack of effective controls and governance/management systems • Failure of the Quality Committee of the Board to meet for almost a y