For 100 years and counting, Southlake has built healthy communities through leading edge care, innovative partnerships, and amazing people. To chart the next 10 years of care, it is proud to unveil a new strategy that leverages its expertise to build a Distributed Health Network that provides leading edge care, closer to home as the newly named – Southlake Health.
The municipalities Southlake serves are among the fastest growing and aging in the province, and without any material acute care expansion in over 20 years, Southlake has become an epicentre of hallway healthcare in Ontario. When faced with these challenges, Southlake’s communities were clear – increase access to high-quality care, closer to home.
Anchored by its Davis Drive site and existing community-based locations, Southlake will work with partners to establish additional footholds across the municipalities it serves to tackle hallway healthcare by developing a Distributed Health Network. Key to this will be the creation of a second hospital site and the redevelopment of the Davis Drive campus. Southlake will also expand beyond its walls all together, with a focus on virtual care and by leveraging learnings from its successful Southlake@home program.
By evolving into a Distributed Health Network, Southlake will improve outcomes and experiences for patients, families and caregivers, while also enhancing satisfaction for its teams, addressing health equity concerns and ensuring sustainability.
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Community Consultations
In March 2024, Southlake kicked off a multi-month consultation to connect with people across Southlake and the communities we serve to help develop a new strategy.
The report that follows is a summary of findings sourced during a robust and multi-pronged consultation over the past five months.
In August 2024, people had the opportunity to validate our findings and capture any final feedback by completing a short survey. This feedback will help ensure Southlake’s strategy is on the right track.
Virtual Community Update
Southlake is celebrating its centennial anniversary and developing a new strategy that will guide the organization into the future by hosting town hall events throughout our catchment area to hear directly from the communities we serve. On August 6, we hosted a virtual community update to hear insights from staff, volunteers and the larger community to make sure we’re focusing on the right things.
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Community Engagement Sessions
- East Gwillimbury – Feedback Summary
- Bradford West Gwillimbury – Feedback Summary
- King – Feedback Summary
- Georgina – Feedback Summary
- Newmarket – Feedback Summary
- Aurora – Feedback Summary