PLANNING FOR TOMORROW, TOGETHER

Planning for Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences of Tomorrow

Planning Ontario Shores for the Future

Discovery. Recovery. Hope.

The Future of Mental Health Care

Ontario Shores is a specialized mental health public teaching hospital providing a range of specialized assessment and treatment services to those living with complex and serious mental illness.

We are developing a forward-looking strategic plan to guide our ambitions for the next 4 years. Our goal is to plan the future needs of the communities we serve on a 5- to 10-year horizon and beyond.

This work will support our mission of providing exemplary patient care through safe and evidence-based approaches where successful outcomes are achieved using best clinical practices and the latest advances in research.

This is an exciting time at Ontario Shores and our community. Join us in planning the next evolution of mental health care.

We want to hear your voice! Share your thoughts, feedback, and experiences.

Patient, Family and Caregiver Experience Survey
Community Partners Survey
Academic and Research External Partners Survey
Staff, Physicians and Volunteers Experience Survey
Academic and Research Internal Partners Survey

Working with you to shape the future delivery of mental health services at Ontario Shores

Overview: Planning for Tomorrow, Together

At Ontario Shores, we are dedicated to providing patients with the tools necessary to achieve recovery, discover their potential and hope for a brighter tomorrow. We want to work with our community, patients, families, caregivers, partner organizations and academic institutions to develop and provide the best care possible and adapt our mental health services to meet evolving needs.

Part 1: Our Vision of the Future

Beginning of May 2021

This phase consists of the conceptualization of the future role of Ontario Shores in the context of broader transformations in the Ontario healthcare system and innovative trends in the mental health space.

Activities for Phase 1:

  • Participate in a community survey to understand your perceptions of mental health care, the future of tertiary care and the current state pain points.
  • Participate in an academic and research survey to help Ontario Shores understand the future needs of academia and research in a mental health tertiary centre.
  • Engage in small group forums to discuss key themes synthesized based on survey input.
  • Leverage global leading practices inventory to complete an environmental scan of innovative trends in treatment, research and innovation.
  • Conduct key stakeholder interviews with academic representatives to inform current state assessment and analysis of future trends.
  • Host a town hall session to present draft findings from strategic, academic and research plan.

This will allow us to develop a bold and transformative strategic plan, and research and academic plan that supports the delivery of exemplary, evidence-based patient-centred care that drives mental health research forward.

Part 2: Clinical Services Planning

May 2021 until August 2021

We want to develop a modern clinical services model rooted in global leading practices that supports agility and responsiveness to our community’s evolving needs.

Activities for Phase 2:

  • Determine our current and future community population health needs.
  • Engage our partners and community members in understanding their views of the current state of service delivery by Ontario Shores.
  • Examine leading healthcare trends and innovative models of care in mental health and identify opportunities for Ontario Shores.
  • Determine which services Ontario Shores should invest in, modify or maintain to better serve our community.
  • Host a community Town Hall to present the Clinical Services Plan seeking feedback from our stakeholders.

These activities will inform the development of our 5 to10-year forward-looking Clinical Service Plan (CSP).

Part 3: Finalized Strategic Plan, Academic and Research Plan and Clinical Services Plan

Fall 2021

Each of the three focused plans will be complementary, with concrete goals and ambitions to evolve our services over the next 5 to 10 years and beyond.

Get Involved

Your voice is important to us. If you are a patient, family member, caregiver, person with lived experience or a community, academic or research partner, please participate in our survey and tell us about your experiences and feedback at Ontario Shores.

Patient, Family and Caregiver Experience Survey
Community Partners Survey
Academic and Research External Partners Survey
Staff, Physicians and Volunteers Experience Survey
Academic and Research Internal Partners Survey

Get Involved

Your voice is important to us. If you are a patient, family member, caregiver, person with lived experience or a community, academic or research partner, please participate in our survey and tell us about your experiences and feedback at Ontario Shores.

Patient, Family and Caregiver Experience Survey
Community Partners Survey
Academic and Research External Partners Survey
Staff, Physicians and Volunteers Experience Survey
Academic and Research Internal Partners Survey

Get Involved

Your voice is important to us. If you are a patient, family member, caregiver, person with lived experience or a community, academic or research partner, please participate in our survey and tell us about your experiences and feedback at Ontario Shores.

Patient, Family and Caregiver Experience Survey
Community Partners Survey
Academic and Research External Partners Survey
Staff, Physicians and Volunteers Experience Survey
Academic and Research Internal Partners Survey