A new group is behind a request to the province to work on an opioid treatment plan, which they hope would see a multi-ministry taskforce convened to coordinate a plan.
A new group, featuring health workers, first responders, labour figures and a pharmaceutical company, is behind the latest request to the province to work on an opioid treatment plan, which they hope would see a multi-ministry taskforce convened to coordinate a plan.
The request is: to create an emergency government task force; to connect people to opioid recovery programs; to overhaul the funding structure for opioid addiction treatment; and to give pharmacists a greater role in opioid addiction treatments. The groups have asked the province to create a coordinated plan to deal with the opioid crisis, and homelessness more generally. During the summer, the Big City Mayors suggested that creating a provincial ministry in charge of the file would help to ensure a comprehensive approach to tackling a complicated problem.
The group has secured a disparate collection of members, including the Big City Mayors, the Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario and Cochrane Paramedic Services. The latter said the existing approach to opioids is “costing people their lives” and is urging more planning, integration and coordination.
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