A nurse cleans a booth following use by a person at a supervised consumption site. The staff not only keep you alive, but treat you with respect and bend over backwards to deliver compassionate, complete care, says XXX Bonnie Larson.
Provincial funding for addictions treatment is desperately needed, say operators and experts, but restricting harm reduction could undermine their goal.A nurse cleans a booth following its use by a client at a supervised drug consumption site in Ottawa. The Ontario government's decision to ban the sites near schools and child-care centres came with a commitment to instead fund Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment, or Hubs.
Morgan said the hubs have a "more intense" level of service and lower staff ratios than homeless shelters, with the ultimate goal of getting people into stable housing. Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones unveiled her government's plan last week at an Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference in Ottawa. The Ministry of Health said the hubs will reflect community needs and could offer shelter beds, addiction care, primary care, supportive housing, employment support and more. It said more detail will come through a request for proposals, expected later this month.
Its addiction services include withdrawal management plans and almost daily access to addictions physicians, though not on-site residential treatment. Mission United also offers a needle supply program. Gardner said it can sometimes take months to get clients into addictions treatment. Addiction experts who spoke to CBC agreed: wait lists for addiction treatment programs in Ontario are unacceptably long.
Soulliere questioned why the money has to come with a restriction against supervised consumption services or needle supply. In his view, harm reduction programs can support patients until they're ready for treatment, and then help them take that step.
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