{"id":9502,"date":"2018-01-16T14:04:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T19:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=9502"},"modified":"2018-01-16T14:27:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T19:27:39","slug":"ne-lhin-launches-opioid-strategy-increasing-access-coordination-of-addiction-treatment-for-northerners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/16\/ne-lhin-launches-opioid-strategy-increasing-access-coordination-of-addiction-treatment-for-northerners\/","title":{"rendered":"NE LHIN Launches Opioid Strategy Increasing Access & Coordination of Addiction Treatment for Northerners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jan 16, 2018 @ 14:04<\/b><\/p>\n

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Left to right\/ de gauche \u00e0 droite\u00a0: Glenn Thibeault, Sudbury MPP \/ d\u00e9put\u00e9 provincial de Sudbury; Kate Fyfe, Interim CEO North East LHIN\/ Directrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale\u00a0par interim RLISS; Alicia Reid, patient; Dr. Mike Franklyn; and Maureen McLelland, Special Advisor to the CEO, Health Sciences North\/ Consiel\u00e8re Sp\u00e9ciale du PDG, Horizon Sant\u00e9-Nord<\/p><\/div>\n

The North East Local Health Integration Network (NE LHIN) is increasing treatment services to meet the growing needs of people with addiction to opioids. A total of $1.65 million in base funding is being invested across the Northeastern Ontario to bring care closer to home for Northerners, increasing access to treatment and care coordination in NE LHIN communities.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, January 16th,2017, the NE LHIN launched its Opioid Strategy at a meeting of its Regional Mental Health and Addictions Advisory Council, which was instrumental in developing the strategy and will work with Opioid Task Forces within each of the North East LHIN\u2019s Sub-Regions –Algoma, Sudbury\/Parry Sound\/Manitoulin, Cochrane, James and Hudson Bay Coast, and Nipissing\/Temiskaming\u2014to implement the strategy.<\/p>\n

The new funding will expand and create Rapid Access Addiction Medicine (RAAM) Clinics that provide an addictions treatment pathway between the clinic and different places where the client is likely to seek care such as emergency departments, primary care providers, mental health and addiction agencies, and withdrawal management programs. It will also enhance and expand Community Based Withdrawal Management Programs, a recommendation made to the North East LHIN by Dr.\u00a0 Brian Rush in his North East LHIN Addiction Services Review.<\/em><\/strong> Dr. Rush noted that while there are many residential treatment programs, more community day programs are needed as they bring care closer to home, allowing participants to continue to live at home.<\/p>\n

Each sub-region received $200,000 to establish a RAAM clinic and $130,000 to enhance withdrawal management and addiction counselling. An additional $200,000 will also go to Health Sciences North (HSN) who will take on a role as lead agency for research, data collection\/analysis,\u00a0 and evaluation. HSN will also work with the sub-region RAAM clinics to explore opportunities to create a regional platform to ensure timely access for Northerners to these clinics. The NE LHIN has allocated the following funding:<\/p>\n