Ontario’s healthcare system is currently facing significant challenges, and our community is no exception. Our emergency department is overwhelmed by persons seeking care for acute but non-life threatening conditions, leading to excessively long wait times and overcrowding. There are primary care physician shortages leaving many residents without access to a family doctor and consistent care. Not only does this compel someone to use the emergency room or walk-in clinic more often, but they often seek care at later stages, resulting in more advanced health conditions.

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NPACC seeks to fill a critical healthcare gap in our community by providing residents with timely, accessible care for non-life-threatening but urgent medical issues, thus reducing the burden on emergency departments and filling gaps in primary care access. More specifically, NPACC hopes to reduce emergency room overcrowding and wait times by diverting patients with urgent needs, allowing the hospital to focus more on critical emergencies. In regards to primary care, NPACC wants to ensure that residents receive access to timely medical attention for acute issues, despite not having a family physician. We would further support our communities primary care sector and family physicians by easing the strain and pressure placed on them due to the high demand of their services and thus reduce the backlog they are facing, causing patients to wait many weeks for their health care concerns to be addressed. Lastly, as mentioned above, by providing patients with timely access to care for acute health concerns, NPACC will prevent minor issues from escalating into severe conditions requiring hospitalization which will improve health outcomes and further decrease the burden on our overwhelmed health care system.