Item - 2023.MM6.16
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on May 10, 11 and 12, 2023 with amendments.
MM6.16 - Supporting Primary Care Services in Growing Neighbourhoods - by Councillor Jaye Robinson, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on May 10, 11 and 12, 2023, adopted the following:
1. City Council request the City Manager, in consultation with the appropriate divisions, to report back to the appropriate standing committee in the first quarter of 2024 on what ability the City has to protect existing access and support new healthcare services in various parts of the City to ensure health and social services are planned as part of communities given the loss of primary care providers and local medical office spaces, such report to consider opportunities to support the establishment of local health hubs to provide integrated, local primary care services connected to hospital resources and explore the feasibility of requiring medical office replacement at affordable rents in new buildings.
2. City Council request the appropriate staff to meet with Provincial staff, including the Ministry of Health, to highlight the areas of Toronto that are experiencing growth and where additional capital investments may be required by the Province to address the need for local healthcare services, and provide an update to the appropriate standing committee as part of the report referenced in Part 1 above.
3. City Council request the appropriate staff to consult with stakeholders, including the Ministry of Health, Toronto hospitals, and primary care providers as part of the report referenced in Part 1 above.
Background Information (City Council)
Motions (City Council)
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM6.16 be referred to the Economic and Community Development Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.
That City Council delete the recommendations and adopt instead the following new recommendations:
1. City Council request the City Manager, in consultation with the appropriate divisions, to report back to the appropriate standing committee in the first quarter of 2024 on what ability the City has to protect existing access and support new healthcare services in various parts of the City to ensure health and social services are planned as part of communities given the loss of primary care providers and local medical office spaces, such report to consider opportunities to support the establishment of local health hubs to provide integrated, local primary care services connected to hospital resources and explore the feasibility of requiring medical office replacement at affordable rents in new buildings.
2. City Council request the appropriate staff to meet with Provincial staff including the Ministry of Health to highlight the areas of Toronto that are experiencing growth and where additional capital investments may be required by the Province to address the need for local healthcare services, and provide an update to the appropriate standing committee as part of the report referenced in Recommendation 1.
3. City Council request the appropriate staff to consult with stakeholders including the Ministry of Health, Toronto hospitals, and primary care providers as part of the report referenced in Recommendation 1.