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CHEO’s 1door4care announces family advisory co-chairs
Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2018 09:30 AM
The #1door4care initiative to secure funding for a new treatment centre on CHEO – OCTC’s main campus has named co-chairs to lead its Family Advisory Table — Steven Herzog and Barb Shantz.
Under #1door4care, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario – Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre (CHEO – OCTC) and CHEO Foundation have been running an awareness campaign to show the Government of Ontario how Eastern Ontario strongly supports a new building that will serve as a hub for mental health and special...
CHEO, Royal partnership holds line on lower wait times as demand increases for mental health care
Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 09:30 AM
Wait times for child and youth mental health care have dropped by 73% at CHEO and 91% at The Royal compared to 2014/15 waits, according to the Young Minds Partnership Annual Report Card released today. This dramatic improvement comes despite increased demand — referrals are up 25% at CHEO and 73% at The Royal — and frozen provincial funding for outpatient services.
See the full Young Minds Partnership Annual Report Card 2016/17
In 2015/16, the Young Minds Partnership (YMP) started a new mental health-care...
CHEO named a top employer in National Capital Region, again!
Posted on Tuesday, January 02, 2018 09:30 AM
For the seventh time, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario – Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre (CHEO – OCTC) has been recognized as one of the 2018 National Capital Region’s Top Employers. The honour puts CHEO among the region’s most respected and influential organizations, from a number of different industries.
The National Capital Region’s Top Employers list is an annual competition that evaluates exceptional places to work in the Ottawa area.
“CHEO commits to providing...
New community pediatric model launched in Vanier
Posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2017 10:00 AM
The founder of community social pediatrics in Canada, Dr. Gilles Julien, and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau visited the Vanier Community Service Centre (Vanier CSC) today to celebrate the launch of the Vanier Social Pediatric Hub, a partnership of Vanier CSC, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Hôpital Montfort, Sandy Hill Community Health Centre (SHCHC) and numerous other community child and youth service organizations.
Over the last two decades, Dr....
CHEO – OCTC named one of Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures
Posted on Thursday, November 23, 2017 09:30 AM
The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario – Children’s Treatment Centre (CHEO – OCTC) is proud to be named one of Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures in the public sector – joining Ducks Unlimited Canada, Edmonton Economic Development Corporation, Egg Farmers of Canada, Energie NB Power, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Travel Alberta.
For the last two years, CHEO – OCTC has also been ranked No. 1 among health-care and social-sector employers by Forbes’ list of Canada’s Best Employers, moving...