The LCO makes several recommendations that would: define a distinct class of coverage for workplace safety and occupational health supports to health care practitioners dedicating the majority of their practice to care in the last stages of life, or in critical incident health care services; expand the definition of “mental illness” eligible for coverage; and improve ease of access, and as-needed. [...] Provincial services and sectors guidance documents such as the Declaration of Partnership and Commitment to Action 01 RECOMMENDATION demonstrate both the need to strive for this multifaceted vision of palliative care, and a The LCO recommends that the Government of shared desire to do so.42 More recently in 2019, Ontario adopt a definition of palliative and end- the OPCN model of care and service. [...] It now Act (HPPA) that governs the “organization builds on an increasing awareness of the need to and delivery of public health programs and look “at aspects of health beyond those within the services, the prevention of the spread of mandate of health care services and just the health disease and the promotion and protection of professionals involved in palliative care and end- the health of the p. [...] and that has the most potential to the Ministry of Health the authority to regulate enhance the quality of life and sense of wellbeing the provision of mandatory health programs and to the widest number of people... [...] LCO recommendation 13 states that the Minister The kinds of issues that local tailoring of public of Health amend the Health Protection and health programming could address was both Promotion Act to strengthen the relationship diverse and frequently brought to the attention between Public Health Ontario and local and of the LCO.
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