Huronia District Hospital Supervisor’s Proposal – April 28, 2008

Background

• Dr. Kevin Smith was appointed Supervisor of Huronia District Hospital (HDH) after the Board resigned in October 2007
• His mandate as Supervisor is to resolve the governance issues at HDH
• Since being appointed Dr. Smith has conducted extensive consultations in the community and region, and opened a confidential email address to hear comments and concerns

Findings

• Dr. Smith heard of the great confidence and pride the citizens of the communities have about their hospitals, and of the great achievements of the North Simcoe Hospital Alliance (NSHA) 
• The community unanimously requested a solution that includes the following three points: 

1.       A secular hospital, and no loss of services in the community
2.       A way to continue the Catholic healthcare mission and the legacy of its founders the Grey Sisters of the Immaculate Conception
3.       A permanent alternative to the Alliance to ensure hospital mergers do not have to be revisited

Proposal

• With these three points in mind Dr. Smith is submitting the following proposal for the community’s consideration, a proposal which includes health system partners other than HDH: 

1.      To join the current HDH and PGH into a single entity that would be governed by a single, secular board of directors from the community and managed by a single Chief Executive Officer, continuing the sites and services currently offered
2.      To use a Community Based Nominating Group to select Board members for the secular hospital based upon skill and ability. It is expected that that the membership of the Board will also reflect geographic and socio-linguistic communities
3.      To divest the Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene (MHCP) regional programs to the Catholic Board of the current PGH, who would then govern the regional mental health facility, permitting the continued mission, vision and values of faith based health care
4.      To engage the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in the governance and management of provincial maximum secure programs, currently housed in the Oak Ridge building, and have CAMH be a significant partner in the future redevelopment of Oak Ridge working with PGH
5.      To ensure a strong relationship with respect to maximum secure forensic services and the local communities through a Community Advisory Committee to CAMH

Benefits

• Strengthening local governance of healthcare
• Permanently continuing Catholic healthcare presence
• Ensuring no services are lost, and that no sites are closed
• Building on past success of the Alliance

Feedback

• Dr. Smith is looking for feedback on this proposal by Friday May 9, 2008 before submitting his report.  Feedback can be submitted by email at hdhsupervisor@gmail.com or by recorded telephone message at 1-866-977- 3999.  All feedback will be treated in strict confidence. 
• A video of Dr. Smith’s presentation will be available on April 29, 2008 on the NSHA website www.nsha.on.ca
  

The following chart details the Final State of the community’s healthcare facilities if Dr. Smith’s Proposal is implemented by Government:

Proposed Final State of Hospitals

HDH and PGH Joined as single corporate entity, with two sites Providing all services of the previously separate hospitals, in the same locations Governed and managed by a single, secular Board chosen by a Community Based Nominating Group Managed by a single CEO Membership of the Board will also reflect geographic and socio-linguistic communities

MHCP Divested to Catholic Board of community members that previously governed PGH Becomes a Catholic Mental Health Hospital serving the region

Provincial Maximum Secure Programs Oak Ridge Building Divested to CAMH, who will govern and manage the programs Community Advisory Committee to advise CAMH of community issues CAMH and Catholic Board of former PGH to collaborate on redevelopment of Oak Ridge

 

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