MPP Clark provides update on attaching patients to team-based primary care in Leeds and Grenville

Clark says the new clinic in Mallorytown has the capacity to attach every resident in the area with a primary care provider

More than 1,500 patients in Leeds and Grenville have been connected to primary care since May as local health organizations work to reduce the Health Care Connect waitlist.

Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones and Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes MPP Steve Clark highlighted the progress Thursday at Rideau Community Health Services in Brockville.

Minister Jones also toured Brockville General Hospital, and Clark said he made sure she saw the Commonwealth Public School property, recently acquired by BGH.

A $2.13-million provincial investment is helping local partners connect 5,100 people to team-based primary care. More than 700 people in Brockville, Mallorytown and surrounding rural areas have been rostered.

In North Grenville, more than 800 patients have been rostered ahead of the opening of the new Kemptville Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic.

On Thursday, it was also announced that the Mallorytown Unattached Patient Clinic will close Oct. 30.

Clark said the decision was made by the Upper Canada Family Health Team.

He says the new clinic in Mallorytown has the capacity to attach every resident in the area with a primary care provider.

The Prescott Family Health Team has also received $449,000 in annual funding to attach 1,115 patients in South Grenville.

Clark said the April announcement, combined with the new funding, means more than 12,000 local patients will be connected to team-based care.

Story by: Evan Gibb