Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott has announced a Guelph and Area Ontario Health Team that is expected to deliver healthcare at the local level.
Elliott has been making her way through southern Ontario as the government names the first 24 teams in the province to implement a new model of delivering health care services.
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Health teams in Hamilton, Mississauga and York Region have already been announced this week.
The goal of the new model is to bring together various healthcare providers in the Guelph area to work as one team.
It will also incorporate health care providers in Puslinch, Rockwood and Erin.
Elliott said this new system will be more integrated than the previous system.
BELOW: Health Minister Christine Elliott speaks with Global News Radio 900 CHML on Nov. 26
“You will move seamlessly from one section of the health care system to the other.”
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The Guelph and Area Ontario Health Team said they will focus in on mental health, addictions and palliative care.
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