Happy Nurse Practitioner Week!!! We are so fortunate to have some of the very best NP's at our clinic. Please help us celebrate them this week! We are thankful for all the NP's out there 👏👏
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Happy Nurse Practitioner Week!
Join us in celebrating Nurse Practitioner (NP)Week!
📅 November 10 - 16, 2024
Take advantage of this special week to bring recognition to the NP role and increase awareness of the exceptional contributions NPs make to the health of millions of Ontarians.
Head to the link to check out our NP Week resources with a collection of easy-to-follow tips on speaking to the media, NP week activities, sharable captions and assets for social media & more!
🔗 npao.org/npao-np-week/
Let us know how you celebrate NP Week 2024!
We would love to share your successes with the rest of the NP community!
Tag us @NPAOntario & use #NPweek2024 #NPweek
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Ontario’s community health sector, representing over 200,000 dedicated workers, is at a tipping point. Ontario’s 2024 Fall Economic Statement failed to address the urgent wage gap in the sector that is impacting the care millions of people in Ontario rely on.
Community health workers in primary care, mental health and addictions, home care and more are facing a $2-billion wage gap compared to their peers in similar settings including in hospitals and schools. In many cases, these workers are doing the exact same, or similar, work.
Primary care workers have shown dedication to the work they do, but with the cost of living continuing to rise, they simply cannot afford to stay in the sector. The result is that primary care is struggling to attract and retain the workforce necessary to ensure that Ontarians can access the care they need, when they need it. As a result of the gap in compensation, health care health care services have the real potential to be cut, and access to timely primary care is being negatively impacted for those who need it most.
In the 2025 Ontario budget, the government has the opportunity to support Ontario’s primary care workers and ensure care in the community is available to Ontarians, now and in the future, by:
Closing the wage gap by investing $500 million each year over the next five years;
Addressing Bill 124 shortfalls that continue to impact the community health sector; and
Establishing a government working group to develop a sustainable approach to building and supporting the community health workforce.
About For Us. For You.
For Us. For You. is a collaborative effort by 10 provincial associations, representing over 200,000 community workers, who came together over a year ago to work with the Ontario government to find solutions for labour challenges in the community health sector.
The associations include:
Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario;
Addictions and Mental Health Ontario;
AdvantAge Ontario;
Alliance for Healthier Communities;
Canadian Mental Health Association Ontario;
Children’s Mental Health Ontario;
Family Service Ontario;
Indigenous Primary Health Care Council;
Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic Association: and
Ontario Community Support Association.
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Get ready, NPs! NP Week is just days away | November 10-16! Let’s unite to celebrate and advocate for the future of our profession
Be sure to check out our NP week resources to help spread the word: npao.org/npao-np-week
#NPWeek2024 #NPweek
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Despite the rising cost of living, Ontario's community health sector saw only a 1.53% average salary increase in 2023, while their peers in other sectors received increases up to 11%. Let's work together to close this wage gap. #ForUsForYou
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Community health provides a wide range of services at home & in the community, keeping people healthy and out of busy emergency departments. Despite their crucial work, community health workers are paid less than their peers in other sectors. #forusforyou
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A new campaign launched today, named For Us. For You. We are standing together to raise awareness of the large and growing wage gap impacting the care that millions of people in Ontario rely on.
The community health sector works hard to ensure Ontarians get the care they need closer to home. Yet our staff are $2 billion behind in wages compared to their peers in other sectors. #ForUsForYou
To learn more:
www.allianceon.org/news/Ontarios-community-health-sector-launches-campaign-profiling-staffing-cha...
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Contact Melissa to register for this awesome program!!! Great way to meet new parents and make new connections!
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October is Community Health and Wellbeing Month, when we’ll be celebrating and sharing stories and milestones in our work to support health and wellbeing in our community. Learn more about the month and our events here: #CHWM2024 #FutureisCommunity
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Registration for Make the Connection 0-1 is open! Don't miss out on this great opportunity to connect with your baby, learn songs and rhymes and connect with other parents/caregivers! You can register by emailing Melissa at mterry@handtfhn.ca or by phone 705-645-3155 ext 3212. This program is brought to you in partnership from Muskoka Family Focus, Hands The Family Help Network (Great Beginnings Muskoka) and the North Muskoka Nurse Practitioners Clinic.
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