Good news for provincial ambulance services as this week Ontario announced an investment of $32,445,589 to hire additional paramedics and increase ambulance services in Middlesex and Lambton counties, coming from funding as part of the province’s nearly $764 million annual Land Ambulance Service Grant.
Through the grant, municipalities receive funding for 50% of the costs for their land ambulance operations. In addition, Ontario is investing $7,747,956 through the Dedicated Offload Nurses Program in Middlesex and Chatham-Kent to hire additional nurses and health care workers, who are dedicated to offloading ambulance patients to receive care in emergency departments, making the process faster to allow ambulance units to return to the field faster.
As part of a $16.1 million in 20 communities across the province, the program help ambulances offload patients faster, so they can return to the community and respond to 9-1-1 calls more quickly.
REGIONAL FUNDING AMOUNTS
Middlesex
Land Ambulance Services Grant (LASG): $23,601,163
Dedicated Offload Nursing Program (DONP): $676,448
Lambton
Land Ambulance Services Grant (LASG): $8,844,426
Chatham-Kent
Dedicated Offload Nursing Program (DONP): $7,071,508
written by: C. Soares
