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' to - WAl‘illtllX) CHRONICLE - Wednesday. November 9. 2011 milli (1 fi ' h ' all din ' $5- on e at at St. Mary’s osplt ea g to ]0b cuts Br RYAN Fawn Given the province is currently in a deficit of surgeries that are done in the region. It still union management and administration lev~ _ Forthelfhrwm‘le itself. Shilton said he doesn't expect any allows us to maintain our commitments to els â€" will be impacted by a restructuring of * additional funding to come the hospital’s the community. It just requires us to think the hospital's management system. , acing a S5-million revenue shortfall way, therefore they must find ways to make differently in how we schedule our cases." ”We're going to put in a new organization- F this year. St. Mary's General Hospital up the gap on their own. said Shilton. al structure that we feel will better align with f in Kitchener plans to eliminate up to Among the 40 positions potentially As for the ALC-occupied beds, Shilton our organizational priorities." said Shilton. , in full time positions in an attempt to bal~ impacted by this announcement are 26 credits the Home First program with freeing The hospital hopes layoffs will be mini- ance ilslmtlgt't. front-line staff â€" nurses and clerical staff, for up 12 beds on an average day, which would mal and positions will instead be removed 5 "We're anticipating that there will be an example â€" whose positions will be phased otherwise be filled with patients waiting to through attrition and early retirement. | outgoing funding and cost gap in the years out by October 2012. get into long-term care or rehab facilities. . At this stage, the hospital’s plan is only I ahead. so we're trying to be proactive." said Those 28 positions will be deemed “Last year, out ofour 150 beds. upwards of preliminary. It must still be approved by the : hospital president Don Shilton last week. unnecessary after 10 acute care beds, gener- about 25 of those beds were occupied by hospital board as well as the Waterloo- | “We need to become more efficient every ally occupied by alternative level of care patients who were waiting to go somewhere Wellington Local Health Integration Network = year to the tune of about $2 million. That's (ALC) patients. are closed. An additional else for care. Their acute needs had been met (LHIN). with the vote expected to take place | inst an economic reality." eight surgical inpatient beds will sit empty at St. Mary's, they were just needing to move Dec. 1. I While there are several contributors to on weekends as the hospital moves surgeries on to somewhere else," he said. “The hospital is showing leadership in : this year's gap. the biggest factor is $2 million requiring longer hospital stays to the beginâ€" Now, many of those patients are moved looking at minimal impact on staff. and first I between inflation-tied proiincial funding of ning ofthe week home before being transferred to the new and foremost on patients. That's what we i the hospital and fixedcost increases. “This strategy doesn't reduce the number location. which Shilton said was better for look for," said LHlN CEO Bmce Lauckner. : patients who have had their acute needs “Our focus is going to be on access to : met. care. quality of care and also on the efficien~ A further 10 to 14 positions â€" at non- cyofthe operation.” | 5 Board sees benefits to seamless day i . 3‘ BvP/uce Desmonro exceptions for continued parents can pay for only the l “' Chroniclesmfl' partnerships with thirdâ€"party morning or only the after- ' care operators. Abigail noon. that cost depends on be public school Dancey, media relations ofli- the school’s bell time." I board isn‘t trying to cer. said the board will look Fife said school boards pry cash from the into using thirdâ€"parties for were not provided with min- ' hands of third»party child summer programming. istry dollars to implement I T h care operators by providing Early childhood educa~ the programming and that 5 e I | | O S a v0 n C 8 its own seamless day pro- torswill staff the board's pro~ schools are responding to ; gramming, according to grams, with educational what parents want. 5 officials. assistants supporting the “Parents want beforeâ€" 5 ‘ The board said it is trying ECEs if numbers are higher andâ€"after programming I l O n e n 56 S to get out its positive mes« or children have special because they want the leam- | ' sage of the benefits of full needs. Danceysaid. ing-based curriculum." she day programming at eight “We are looking to work said. 0 0 board schools with third-party providers to “At the end of the day. 83 AVG ' a e I n J a pa n Catherine Fife. school discuss summer programs in per cent of parents inWater- board trustee and president our schools," Dancey said. loo both work." of the Ontario Professional “There are other communi- March Break and PA Day [ School Boards‘ Association, ty~based summer programs programming would be said only kids stand to profit that have historically been available as well as one week 0 r a t l R I S . from the changes brought by offered in order to bridge this during Christmas Break the Ministry of Education in gap.” At the time of enactment. 2009. mandating boards Fife said the goal was not a schedule was laid out by deliver programming where to shut out local care the ministry. indicating possible and where numbers providers which schools would start warranted. “It's not that school offering the before~and-after “Right now, kids some- boards have left our third» school programming â€" 7 Nikon offers mm west Odv'l'lced and “9036 “arses times gofrom one child are party operators out in the arm. to start ofclass and em; A T lo my U W J mode excluswew of MS who” prowdertn the momingthen cold, thesard. 0 class to 6 pm. â€" an t ' ~ F r t to class and then somenmes School board-run pro- when. , ‘ “W” jgle'ed “Wile": 915° O” to a different operator after grams must beoperated on a Nelve schools were slat- “1'” f'fi‘e’9’9r’“ 9 09W" ”if“ ' ~ . 1 school." Fife said. "when cost-recovery basis. accord- ed to begin the program in ; you're talking about our ingtotheact. 2010. five in 201] and the I“ v.12? youngest. we see the connec» “Before-and-after-school remaining 26 in 2012. tion between early learning programs are paid for by par- Currently. the WRDSB is care and education.” ems." Dancey said. “The cur~ operating eight extended- The act laid out some rent rate is $26 per day, but day programs, Experience better v15|on. aw i i I R I S Persian Rugs 8: Oriental Rugs 0 Tuba! 0 Classic ' Contemporary Rugs II'lS.CO UP _ SALE»50% off WE BEE [5513133 To . . . Eye Exams $501RIS,fi _ , Book online of ms ca/exom ‘ Cf". cote 428 Ga ' e Avenue! UN" 1 I i ~ E E ‘ f.‘ I f H 1, , . E E] [comer ofWesIrnouni 8- Goge Ave.) Kitchener, ON, N2M 5C6 ‘ “ ' ‘ ‘ 519-571-8929 El . IE . i w