Globe and Mail public health reporter and best-selling author André Picard coming to Port Hope for discussion on health system sustainability
National public health reporter and best-selling author André Picard is the next guest in the area’s new Conversations speakers’ series aimed at encouraging discussion around issues pertinent to local health care.
Mr. Picard will take the stage at Port Hope’s historic Capitol Theatre at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, April 27th for what promises to be a very thought-provoking discussion on health system sustainability. A question and answer session will follow the formal remarks.
With The Globe and Mail since 1987, André Picard received a National Newspaper Award as Canada’s top newspaper columnist in 2010. He was also named Canada’s first “Public Health Hero” by the Canadian Public Health Association, a “Champion of Mental Health” by the Canadian Alliance for Mental Illness and Mental Health, and he received the Outstanding Leadership in Cancer Control Prize from the Campaign to Control Cancer.
Mr. Picard will be recognized for his impact on Canada’s public health policy later this month with a prestigious Hyman Solomon Award from the Public Policy Forum. Presented annually to a journalist “whose work provides insights into the policy-making process in Canada, and explains to Canadians how changes in public policy affect their individual well-being and collective economic progress,” the award will be presented in Toronto on April 28th.
Northumberland Hills Hospital (NHH) teamed up with the volunteers in the NHH Foundation’s Caring for Generations Society to introduce the series in February, 2011.
Conversations - Exploring health care issues that affect our community is running monthly through May, offering an opportunity to hear from, and chat with, some of Ontario’s leading health care system influencers.
Tickets ($10 in advance, $15 at the door) are available online from the NHH website at www.nhh.ca. The Foundation office is also selling tickets from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, week days, from their office inside the main entrance to the hospital at 1000 DePalma Drive in Cobourg.
Tickets for the fourth and final event in the first cycle of the Conversations series are also available now. Hospital governance experts Graham Scott and Maureen Quigley will take the stage at Cobourg’s Best Western on Tuesday, May 10th for a discussion on the changing role of Ontario’s hospital boards.
For more information, contact Jennifer Gillard at 905-377-7757 or jgillard@nhh.ca.
About Northumberland Hills Hospital – Located approximately 100 kilometres east of Toronto, Northumberland Hills Hospital (NHH) delivers a broad range of acute, post-acute, outpatient and diagnostic services. Acute services include emergency and intensive care, medical/surgical care, and obstetrical care. Post-acute services include restorative care, interim long-term care, rehabilitation and palliative care. Mental health care, chemotherapy, dialysis and 16 other ambulatory care clinics are offered on an outpatient basis through partnerships with regional centres and nearby specialists. NHH offers a full range of diagnostic services, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) and mammography. The hospital serves the catchment area of west Northumberland County. A mixed urban and rural population of approximately 60,000 residents, west Northumberland comprises the Town of Cobourg, the Municipality of Port Hope and the townships of Hamilton, Cramahe and Alnwick/Haldimand. NHH employs approximately 600 people and relies on the additional support provided by physicians and volunteers. NHH is an active member of the Central East Local Health Integration Network (CE LHIN). For more information, please visit www.nhh.ca.
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