Toronto, April 28, 2022 – Following today’s 2022 Ontario Budget, the Ontario College of Family Physicians wants to stress, once again, the need to invest in Ontario’s family doctors...
The Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) recognizes the worrying rise in BA.2 sub-variant cases of COVID-19 in Ontario. Wastewater testing has provided evidence that the spread of this variant...
March 17, 2022 -- Today’s numbers from the Ontario Science Advisory Table are a reminder that COVID-19 is very much still with us. They also stress the importance of continuing to be diligent a...
The OCFP's 2022 Family Medicine Summit opening keynote session featured OCFP CEO Kimberly Moran and a panel of family physician leaders discussing advocacy work in light of the upcoming provincial el...
Dec. 17, 2021 – Ontario has called on the Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) and family doctors to help get more Ontarians vaccinated. Family physicians across the province are steppin...
November 19, 2021 The Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) welcomes Health Canada’s approval today of the first COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11 years old. As our patients’ m...
October 19, 2021 The Honourable Doug Ford Premier of Ontario Legislative Building, Queen’s Park Toronto, ON M7A 1A1 Dear Premier, On behalf of the Ontario College of Family Physicians (OC...
On the inaugural National Truth and Reconciliation Day being recognized today across Canada, the Primary Care Collaborative values the opportunity and responsibility to acknowledge some of the action...
September 29, 2021 (TORONTO) – As children across the province are returning to school, the Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) is reinforcing the need to increase vaccine confidence am...
The OCFP was pleased to provide feedback to the Ministry of Health on Proposed Regulations for Home and Community Care. We are pleased to see the list of services has been expanded to include those ...
It is a difficult time in our country. In 2020, a pandemic resulting from a virus changed so many aspects of our personal and professional lives. And yet a more insidious social and public health thr...
The OCFP shared comments and recommendations on CPSO’s proposed policy “Planning for and Providing Quality End-of-Life Care”.
The OCFP shared feedback on the CPSO’s proposed policy for medical assistance in dying.
March 23, 2021 (TORONTO) – The Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) is calling for the increased involvement of Ontario’s family doctors in vaccination efforts. The call comes afte...
The OCFP is encouraged by the Government of Ontario’s announcement today to expand the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. However, we know that many options beyond pharmacy and mass vaccination sites wi...
COVID-19 has changed our daily lives in ways big and small. But it hasn’t changed everything. Our relationship with our family physician or nurse practitioner is still a relationship of trust...
The Ontario College of Family Physicians welcomes today’s announcement by the Government of Ontario to further tighten public health measures in the face of the current pandemic. Ongoing attent...
The OCFP's submission to the OMA/Ministry of Health Primary Care Working Group in July 2020 addressed four key areas, as requested: Access and Quality, Complexity Modifiers, Walk-In Clinics and GP Fo...
Appropriateness and accessibility are two important elements in an effective health care system. Over the past several years in Ontario, an effort has been made at many levels to transform the health...
The CPSO Council has approved a new policy on Continuity of Care with specific policy direction in four key areas. Availability and Coverage Managing Tests Transitions in Care Walk-in Clinics Physic...
The groups on a path towards becoming an Ontario Health Team (OHT) have now been announced. The Ministry of Health has identified 31 teams invited to 'full submission', with another 41 'in developmen...
On June 25, the Ontario Premier's Council released its Second Report on Improving Healthcare and Ending Hallway Medicine, A Healthy Ontario: Building a Sustainable Health Care System, with recommenda...
You have likely heard about Ontario Health Teams (OHTs) and may be wondering if you should get involved.
On Feb. 26, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Christine Elliott announced upcoming changes to our healthcare system. How family doctors will fit in to these reforms is not yet clear. What is clea...
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) has concluded consultations on its draft umbrella Continuity of Care Policy, comprised of policies regarding availability and coverage, managi...
On June 7, 2018, Ontarians head to the polls to elect the next provincial government. The OCFP - in partnership with the College of Family Physicians of Canada - asked Ontario's three political parti...
On July 21, 2017, the OCFP presented to the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) Negotiations Committee - at the invitation of the Committee - to help inform Physician Services Agreement discussions wit...
We, as individuals on the Board of Directors of the Ontario College of Family Physicians, reflect practising family physicians from across the province in various practice models, ages and stages of ...
Re: Bill 210, Patients First Act, 2016 Dear Minister Hoskins, Over the past year, you have asserted on numerous occasions the importance of strong primary care as the foundation of the health system ...
In 2011, the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) presented the Patient's Medical Home (PMH) as a vision for primary care in Canada. The goal of the PMH is for every family practice in every...
Building on five position papers developed by the Primary Health Care Planning Group, the Expert Advisory Committee on Strengthening Primary Health Care in Ontario provided the Ministry of Health and...
