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Issue 5 | December 2023 Access to timely critical care transport services between hospitals is essential to achieve improved health outcomes for newborns and children requiring urgent or emergent critical care services. Currently in Ontario, the inter-facility transport of critically ill newborns and children is provided by highly specialized hospital-based transport teams situated at four […]

Issue 5 | December 2023 In August, the Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health (PCMCH) released two multimedia resources that individual perinatal care providers, teams and organizations can use to reflect on and take steps towards enhancing the quality and cultural safety of the care they provide to Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer

As we approach the end of 2023, I find myself reflecting on the year past and the year ahead, and I am filled with gratitude and optimism. I am grateful for all that we have accomplished together over the past year to advance perinatal and child health in Ontario. PCMCH’s Governing Council, committees and advisory

Issue 5 | December 2023 Moving from the paediatric to the adult care system can be a difficult transition for many patients and families. This can involve loss of familiar settings, healthcare providers and routines. Without proper attention and support, transitions can lead to deterioration of the youth’s health status, and avoidable hospital admissions and

Sept. 2023 | Issue 4 Did you know that one in every 700 children in Ontario is born with a cleft of the lip and/or palate or other craniofacial difference? These conditions can be corrected through surgery, specialized dental treatment and speech therapy. The Ontario Cleft Lip and Palate/Craniofacial (CLP/C) Dental Program, funded by the

Sept. 2023 | Issue 4 In August 2023, the Indigenous Primary Health Care Council and the Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health entered into a partnership that aims to foster high-quality perinatal, newborn and child healthcare for Indigenous peoples in Ontario. This strategic Relationship Agreement was developed in a mutual spirit of openness, respect and humility,

Sept. 2023 | Issue 4 Earlier this year, the Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health (PCMCH) concluded an evaluation of the Safe Administration of Oxytocin project. A survey  initiated in 2022 asked Ontario hospitals about their use of oxytocin, a high-alert medication used to start or advance labour intravenously. Oxytocin administration has been identified

Sept. 2023 | Issue 4 Ontario birthing patients and their newborns deserve high-quality family-centred care at hospitals equipped with the resources to appropriately meet their needs, as close to home as possible. To this end, the Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health (PCMCH) developed, and currently maintains, the Perinatal, Birthing and Newborn Levels of