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Back to SearchOn September 7, 2021, the Honourable Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, issued an order under the Connecting Care Act, 2019, transferring local pediatric home care services and staff from Home and Community Care Support Services Champlain to CHEO, effective September 20, 2021.
View the minister’s transfer order
This transfer will enable an innovative local approach to integrate pediatric home care with other health care services and is part of the province’s plan to build a connected health care system centred around the need of patients.
Ensuring continuity of care is a top priority. The process will be as seamless as possible for families, service providers and staff. Patients and families will continue to access home care services in the same way and through the same contacts they know and trust.
View the news release from the Ministry of Health
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About CHEO
Based in Canada’s capital, CHEO is a globally renowned health institution with a mission to provide exceptional care and support to children, youth and their families. Opening our doors in 1974, we offer a full range of specialized pediatric care and services to children from eastern and northern Ontario, western Quebec and Nunavut. Our site is home to a hospital, a children’s treatment centre, a school, a research institute, and is affiliated with the University of Ottawa as an academic health science centre. Named Canada’s best health-care employer by Forbes in 2024, we are home to more than 6,500 staff, clinicians, scientists and researchers, as well as volunteers – all of whom work together to help children and youth achieve their best lives.