Dear Colleagues,
I know you are all working tirelessly to keep your patients safe. Like me, it's becoming increasingly challenging to keep up to date on evolving guidance, expectations, and managing our clinics with limited supplies and tests. On behalf of the OCFP, we know COVID-19 is stretching us, and we are all concerned about how things will progress. I also know that family doctors step up in times like this, and your collective leadership is a tremendous source of pride in our profession.
To help you, we’ve consolidated information as best as we can, recognizing that it changes rapidly.
We do not want to duplicate what’s already available
, but we will fill gaps when asked by our members.
You and your patients are our #1 priority.
The
OCFP website
is updated daily. You will find all the situation reports and information from the Ministry of Health and Public Health Ontario.
OF NOTE:
The ministry’s Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) has a
24/7 hotline (1-866-212-2272)
for healthcare providers ONLY
for questions or concerns about COVID-19. Please DO NOT provide this number to your patients/public. They are receiving many patient calls which impacts their responsiveness to questions from family doctors.
New Information
- Updated as of March 15: Tips for Family Doctors on screening, clinic and staff safety, and testing. Enormous thanks to Dr. Sarah Newbery for working with me on this information - Read here
- Updated Clinic Signage with ability to add in your clinic name/logo and contact info - Download here
- OMA request for Virtual Waiting Room Volunteers - Together with OTN, the OMA is helping develop a virtual clinic staffed by physicians 24/7 with 4-hour shifts that would receive referrals from Telehealth. Contact [email protected] for more info on how you might participate.
- Messages for Public/Patients on how we can work together to flatten the curve. Sincere thanks to Drs. Rebecca Stoller and David Kaplan, as well as colleagues at NYGH and UofT Family Medicine for their contributions - View/Download here
Thank you for everything you are doing for your patients, colleagues, communities and our health system. Please let us know how we can help you during this time. Email us at
[email protected]
Respectfully,
Jennifer Young
President
