"Bring you MPPs to work." May 21, 2024
Today, Sudbury NDP MPP Jamie West and Nickel Belt NDP MPP France Gélinas visited Sudbury’s Youth Wellness Hub, housed at the Sudbury YMCA. The visit was part of RNAO’s annual Take Your MPP To Work event which showcases the different roles nurses play in our health care system.
At the Hub, which has been in operation for less than a year, the team sees up to 60 youth each day to provide primary care, peer support, sexual health, mental health, addictions care, employment, and housing services, in collaboration with other partners. The Sudbury District Nurse Practitioner Clinics, for example, provide NP services two days per week to address the needs of youth, including those who do not have access to an Ontario health card. Already, the team is seeing success from this model, but is beginning to outgrow its space and resources. There is sufficient demand to justify a full time Nurse Practitioner, as well as, other interprofessional team members. On this visit, MPPs Jamie West and France Gélinas learned about the roles and responsibilities of NPs in a community and primary care setting.
Pictured in the photo are, from left to right:
Mark Fraser, Executive Director Compass; Hanna Smith, Nurse Practitioner; Jamie West, Sudbury NDP MPP; Amanda Gates, Hub Coordinator; France Gélinas, Nickel Belt NDP MPP; Jen Clement, Sudbury & District Nurse Practitioner Clinic Executive Director; and Sarah Slack, Sudbury RNAO Membership officer.
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A series of interviews were done during the visit to Sudbury of Dr. Claudette Holoway, RN, RNAO President.
- MCTV January 26, 2024 video and text: “Nursing group calls on province to fund Sudbury’s supervised consumption site.” Tv clip https://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/nursing-group-calls-on-province-to-fund-sudbury-s-supervised-consumption-site-1.6744489
- The Sudbury Star: January 29, 2024 Article: ‘We need to save lives,’ nursing leaders urge Ford government : RNAO calls on province to fund Sudbury’s safe consumption site” https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/we-need-to-save-lives-nursing-leaders-urge-ford-government
- Sudbury.com : January 27, 2024 article: ‘More lives will be lost’ if The Spot closes: RNAO president : The Spot, Sudbury’s only sanctioned supervised consumption site, is slated to close at the end of February due to a lack of funding.” https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/more-lives-will-be-lost-if-the-spot-closes-rnao-president-8172306
Pictures from the Sudbury the three (3) interviews of Friday. Jan. 26, 2024. were posted on Facebook.