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  • OHC Applauds Ombudsman’s Report on LHIN Spin: Sends McGuinty Open Letter Calling for LHINs Review, and Investigate Poor LHIN Decisions to Cut Hospital Care for Thousands
    The Ontario Health Coalition applauds Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin’s report “The LHIN Spin” but the Coalition is deeply concerned that the McGuinty government has evaded its legislative requirement to conduct a full review of its Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) and the legislation that governs them and is continuing a major round of health system cuts and restructuring while shutting out virtually all public advocates that have expressed concerns or criticized their reforms.
          MEDIA RELEASE       OPEN LETTER           (August 10-11, 2010)


  • Toward Equality and Access: Realigning Ontario’s Approach to Small and Rural Hospitals to Serve Public Values
    This report contains a number of recommendations regarding the LHINs as well as descriptions of the LHINs' impact on rural access to health care services
          MEDIA RELEASE       SUMMARY       FULL REPORT           (May 17, 2010)


  • Briefing Note on Ontario’s Hospital Cuts and Restructuring 2008
    A major round of hospital restructuring and cuts is underway in every health region in the province causing major layoffs, privatization and threaten local Emergency Rooms, birthing facilities and hospital beds. This new briefing note by the Ontario Health Coalition examines the cuts region by region. This year and next, provincial budget levels for hospital global budgets are insufficient to meet hospital rates of inflation and population growth. Cabinet-appointed Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) are reviewing services in hospitals with deficits, and at the behest of the provincial government, are forcing hospitals to eliminate their deficits through drastic cuts.
          MEDIA RELEASE       BRIEFING NOTE     (December 2, 2008)
  • LHINs UPDATE:
    An update regarding the status of the LHINs strategic plans and consultations.
      HTML     PDF      (October 17, 2006)


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  • Closure: What's Next
    Liberals Shut Down Debate on Bill 36
       PDF      (March 1, 2006)


  • Ontario Health Coalition: LHINs health restructuring bill must be delayed
    Media Release & notes on amendments to LHINs legislation.
      MEDIA RELEASE    NOTES ON AMENDMENTS     (February 26, 2006)


  • Updated OHC Analysis of LHINs Legislation
             HTML    PDF      (January 12, 2006)


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  • Bill 36 LHINs Legislation Analysis
             SUMMARY                  FULL REPORT      (January 3, 2006)


  • LHIN Planners Meetings:
    Information from LHIN's Planners Meeting, Jan. 12 and 13, Toronto
             HTML      (January 2005)


  • Consultations
    Notes by a participant from the Kingston LHINs consultation meeting.
             HTML      (December 7, 2004)


  • Consultations
    Notes by a participant from the Hamilton LHINs consultation meeting.
             HTML      (November 2004)


  • Consultations
    Official report from the Kitchener-Waterloo LHINs consultation meeting.
             PDF      (November 19, 2004)


  • Strategy
    Notes from the OHC Health Assembly LHINs strategy session.
             HTML      (November 14, 2004)


  • LHINs Listserv
    We've started a new OHC LHINS email listserve to share intelligence & information on the government's proposal and impact of regionalization in other provinces: to join email ohc@sympatico.ca and write "subscribe LHINS listserve" in the subject line of your email.


  • OHC Backgrounder
    LHINs: Local Health Integration Networks
             PDF      (November 2004)


  • Health Minister George Smitherman's Speaking Notes
    From a speech at St. Lawrence Market announcing the creation of Local Health Intergration Networks (LHINs).
             PDF      (September 9, 2004)


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    Earlier Reports & Media Releases Outside Reports