Click here to learn more 2015 Annual Report of the Mental Health and Addictions Leadership Advisory Council 5 A Parallel Aboriginal Engagement Process A significant focus for the Mental Health and Addictions Leadership Advisory Council is improving access to integrated, high quality, and culturally competent mental health and addictions services for Aboriginal people living in Ontario, including F [...] If we are going Providers should be held to talk seriously about transforming the mental health and addictions system in Ontario, we need to look very hard at the distribution of these accountable for the value of care resources within the sector and the extent to which services funded are they provide, and continually being distributed equitably and delivering value for money. [...] The goal is to better understand the current distribution of funding and develop options that would result in a provincial system of services and supports that improve the quality of Ontarians’ mental health in a sustainable way, and that is accountable for the value of care provided. [...] As Ontario’s Mental Health and Addictions Leadership Advisory Council, we unanimously support the need for urgent action in the following five areas: 1. Make it easier for young people to transition from youth to adult mental health and addictions services and supports A high-performing system of mental health and addictions services and supports should put the individual at the centre. [...] ÎÎAPPROVE Nurse Practitioner prescribing authority for Suboxone (buprenorphine/ nalaxone) to ensure access to care for opiate detoxification and maintenance treatment in community-based programs and Aboriginal Health Access Centres ÎÎSUPPORT the establishment of Aboriginal- and First Nation-specific infrastructure and processes for data and data management in the mental health and addictions secto
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