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© NEWS NEW HALTON HEALTHCARE PRESIDENT ARRIVES AT CRITICAL TIME = EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS 5 UNDER SERIOUS 4 STRAIN 5 DAVID LEA 6 dlea@metroland.com “We know we have work to do to address wait times, so our With Halton Healthcare emergency department tea ms are wait times sitting at an . average of five hours and 42 enacting a range minutes, the organization's . new president and CEO ac- of strategies that knowledges she has some " work ahead of her. wi ll address Melissa Farrell official- ly ve into the top job staffing and on Mont June 5 noting . that she is doing soat acrit- patient flow. " rea time f for peat care. a self fortu- ~ Cindy McDonell, Halton Healthcare senior vice-president of Clinical nate fol be that is widely. known for embracing change and for dapting to any challenge Operations it faces," she aid. from the impacts of the CO- “Halton Healthcare is VID-19 pandemic. known for its exceptional On July 18, 2022, Halton care and its Godeated ‘and Healthcare took to its Face- talented health careteams. book account to advise res- Iam excited to getto know _idents that the emergency de the outstanding people lepartments at its hospi- that make up this team and to lead the organization talsin Oakville, Milton and while supporting the grow- Georgetown were under ing communities we extreme pressure due fa a serve." nursing shortage Farrell comes to Halton xtremely high mien ot Healthcare from her previ- pationts needing care. ous position as President of The post noted that at eb Joseph's Healthcare times, there were not lamilton where she led a moult site academic teach- ing hospital, affiliated with enough staff to service all areas of the emergency de- partment, resulting in lon- MeMaster University. ger wait times and the tem- or to that Farrell had porary reduction of treat- canon focusedinthepub- menta lic sector. Cindy MeDonel Halton She arrives at a Halton Healthcare seni Healthcare still reeling president of Clinical Oper. QO oakvitte Melissa Farrell is the new Halton Healthcare president and CEO. ations noted that like all hospitals in Ontario, Hal- ton Healthcare emergency departments continue to be busy ¥ with ahigh volume of pati "We ka enw we have work to do to address wait times, so our teams are enacting a expect to be seen in order of ergen- cy department wait time for the month of May was 5 ours 42 minutes. This time represents the aver- age time for the majority of patients to be seen by a doc: range of will address staffing and pa- tient flow, which includes how patients are admitted from the emergency de- partment into the hospital, when necessary," said McDonell. “As always, patients can tor or nurs the _gmergency depart. ment Parrell said she is work- ing with very skilled teams and leaders who are trying to address a number of is- ue: S. She said a renewed fo- Halton Healthcare photo cus has been placed on ac- tion plans for retention, re- cruitment, professional de- yolopment, team well-be- ing student p neces and ac- ademic partnerships and more. The new Halton Health- care president and CEO said this work is being led by a dedicated, multidisci- plinary team of staff and physicians from across the organization, who have al- ready seen some early suc- cess. Halton Healthcare se- oakville.ca nior vice-president of Pa- first five months of 2023 the recruitment initiatives re- sulted in the hiring and on- boarding of 164 nurses. Jickling says Halton Healthcare plans to add more nurses to the team in parrell said that to con- tinue to support services in Halton's gro’ commu- nities, Halton Healthcare recently launched a clini- cal service planning pro- cess that will determine a road map for service deliv- ery across the three hospi- tals. She also said the organi- zation would keep up with Halt tion's ere Georgetown Hospital rede- velopment and approval to fit out {he shelled space at Oakville ar Memo: rial Hos; copia “I look forward to build- Healthcare's strong i evolve, embrace and lead we can continue to support the current and future needs of our com- munities and teams," said Farrell. Farrell is currently a board member of the Onta- rio Hospital Association. She has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and Mas- ters Degree in P| m @ueer's University and has continued educa- vard Business School, Ivey Business School and The 001 of Manage- ment. | fe AG) Public Notice of Pesticide Use The Town of Oakville intends to control aphids in annual flower display beds, hanging baskets and planters along the following roadsides: * Lakeshore Road, Church St, Robinson St, Dunn St, insidehalton.com Reynolds St, Navy St, Thomas St, Allan St, Randall St,Trafalgar Rd, Kerr Street, Bronte Rd, East S Nelson St, Jones St, Marine Dr. within the Town of Oakville. Using the following pesticide registered under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada): Safer’s Insecticidal Soap (Reg. No. . 14668), containing the active ingredient Soap (potassium salts of fatty acids). 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