Hospital Improvement Plan Implementation

Niagara Health System

• Developing the Plan
  • About HIP
    • Why a HIP?
    • Questions and Answers
    • Case for Change
    • Quality Care
    • Financial Pressures
    • Factors Driving Change
    • How Can We Change?
    • NHS at a Glance
    • Better Ways of Delivering Care
  • Background
    • Key Messages
    • National Trends in Health Care
    • Niagara’s Population
      • Geographic Overview
      • Travel Maps
      • Population Projections
      • Population Characteristics
      • Income and Employment
      • Health Determinants & Practices
      • Health Status, Life Expectancy
      • Hospitalization
      • Prevalence of Chronic Conditions
      • Disease Prevalence Maps
  • FAQs
    • The Hospital Improvement Plan
    • Emergency Care in Fort Erie/Port Colborne
    • Women’s & Children’s Health
  • Vision / Plan
    • HIP Addendum – December 2008
    • HIP Addendum & Site Charts – November 2008
    • Kitts Review & Recommendations – October 2008
    • Consultation Summary Report – October 2008
    • Draft Hospital Improvement Plan – July 2008
    • Health Experts Say …
      • Centres of Excellence
      • Emergency Services
      • Women’s and Children’s Health
    • Vision Details
      • Emergency Services
      • Women’s and Children’s Health
• Implementing the HIP
  • Implementation Plan – Year 1
  • Early Opportunities
    • Surgical Program
    • Medicine Program
    • Emergency Services
    • Maternal/Child Program
    • Addictions & Mental Health
  • Site & Services – Now and by 2013
  • Planning for Changes
  • Effective Use of Patient Care Equipment
  • HIP Implementation Steering Committee
• Stakeholder Relations
  • Community Information
  • Community Advisory Forums
  • Chair’s Message to C.A.F.
  • Vice Chair’s Address
• Contact
• News
• Videos
• Contact

Addictions & Mental Health

Plan to Consolidate Addiction Recovery Services – Currently, withdrawal management (detox) services are offered at Ontario Street Site in St. Catharines, and intensive residential rehab/counselling services are offered at New Port Centre at Port Colborne Site. Integrating these programs is in the best interest of clients, and a feasibility study for the consolidation is in the works to be completed by Fall/09. This will be developed in conjunction with the Clinical Services Plan currently underway by the HNHB LHIN.

Plan to Consolidate Inpatient Mental Health to 1 or 2 Sites – Currently, 58 inpatient mental health beds are located in Niagara Falls, St. Catharines and Welland Sites. A feasibility study is underway that explores early consolidation of inpatient beds to 1 or 2 sites. By 2013, all inpatient mental health beds, including new tertiary or long-term-care beds, will be located at the new health-care complex in St. Catharines, as the centre of excellence for mental health.