Moved by Councillor Clarke, Seconded by Councillor Zippel
Whereas the City and County of Peterborough currently has 3,880 people registered on the Peterborough Family Health Team (PFHT) wait list for a physician and an additional 650 individuals are on the Peterborough 360 Degree Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic (360NPLC) wait list; and,
Whereas the PFHT operates a Virtual Health Clinic to assist individuals without access to a primary care physician; and,
Whereas the 360NPLC serves many marginalized, complex and vulnerable individuals; and,
Whereas the 360NPLC has been unsuccessful in requesting an additional 5th Nurse Practitioner from the Ministry of Heath and Long-Term Care for several years; and,
Whereas the funding for the Virtual Care Clinic and administrative support for the PFHT Clinic in Lakefield will cease in March 2020;
Therefore be it resolved that the City of Peterborough requests the Province of Ontario to provide an additional $350,000 of annual ongoing funding to enable the Virtual Care Clinic and PFHT Clinics to remain open and serve an additional 800 patients at the 360NPLC with the addition of a 5th Nurse Practitioner.