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Article content The Chatham-Kent Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program, currently operated by Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare (HDGH), will move to the CKHA, beginning Sunday. This is being done in an effort to more closely align the ACT team with CKHA’s acute care, department of psychiatryand outpatient Mental Health and Addictions Program, the alliance said in a media release on Thursday. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Community-based mental illness treatment program making transition to CKHA Back to video “One of the main objectives of...

  WINNIPEG -- The federal government launched a national call on Thursday for proposals for Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program. Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu made the announcement on Thursday in Winnipeg. “It isn’t stigmatization and criminalization that helps people who use substances, but rather the opposite,” Hajdu said. “It’s compassionate, evidence-informed care that happens in communities.” Hajdu said recent data has shown opioid deaths continue to rise and the pandemic has exacerbated the crisis. “We are seeing a tragedy unfold across the ...

Article content Health Minister Patty Hajdu announced Thursday that the federal government is now accepting proposals for funding from community programs that work directly with drug users, and will be accepting those applications until Sept. 24. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Feds announce addictions funding while confirming opioid deaths are on the rise Back to video She said she believes the money will be put to good use, as addictions issues and specifically opioid-related harms and death have been on the rise, and have been “exacerbat...

 E-Mail Unlike other population-level stressful events such as natural disasters, COVID-19 has not resulted in a net increase in smoking, according to a new study from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Project, at the University of Waterloo. The researchers also found that although nearly half of smokers reported that COVID-19 made them think about quitting, the vast majority of smokers did not change their smoking habits during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Led by Shannon Gravely, research assistant professor with the ITC Project, the study surveyed 6,870 smokers and vaper...

Share this article Project will connect safer supply projects and healthcare providers to share knowledge and best practices LONDON, ON, June 28, 2021 /CNW/ - The overdose crisis continues to affect communities and families across Canada. Tragically, we have seen substantial increases in overdose deaths and related harms during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government of Canada continues to support increasing access to safer supply services in communities across Canada to help prevent drug overdoses during the pandemic and beyond. Today, on behalf of the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Healt...