Patient Ombudsman

The Patient Ombudsman (French: Ombudsman des patients) is an ombudsman office which acts as a neutral body of last resort of complaints about the health system in Ontario, Canada. The position was created in 2015 through amendments to the Excellent Care for All Act.[3] Unlike the Ontario Ombudsman, the Patient Ombudsman is not an independent officer of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario; the Patient Ombudsman's office is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health's advisory agency Health Quality Ontario.[4]

Patient Ombudsman
Ombudsman des patients
Office overview
Formed15 December 2015 (2015-12-15)[1]
TypeOmbudsman
JurisdictionPublic hospitals, long-term care homes, and home and community care coordinated by the Local Health Integration Networks
Headquarters393 University Ave., Suite 1801, Toronto, Ontario
Motto"Every experience matters"[2]
Office executives
  • Cathy Fooks, Patient Ombudsman
  • Craig Thompson, Executive Director
Parent OfficeMinistry of Health
Key document
Websitewww.patientombudsman.ca

In the office's first year, it received 2,000 complaints. The bulk of complaints were about Ontario's hospitals.[5][6][7] The office received 2,300 complaints in its second year of operations.

The Patient Ombudsman has jurisdiction over public hospitals, long-term care homes, as well as home and community care coordinated by the Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs)

List of Patient Ombudspersons
  • Christine Elliott (1 July 2016 – 1 February 2018)[1][7][8]
  • Craig Thompson (1 February 2018 – 12 July 2020), Executive Director managing day-to-day operations[9]
  • Cathy Fooks (13 July 2020 -)[10][11]
gollark: No, they just detect a bunch of physiological signals, which are very noisy and unreliable.
gollark: Until we get ones which can directly read out your brain activity or something, they aren't very good.
gollark: * reliably
gollark: * don't work
gollark: And you're constantly presupposing an ethical system of some sort without being explicit about it.

References
  1. "Ontario Selects Christine Elliott as First-Ever Patient Ombudsman". Province of Ontario. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. Elliott, Christine. "Patient Ombudsman's Message - Patient Ombudsman". Toronto, ON: Office of the Patient Ombudsman. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  3. Taylor, Paul (21 July 2016). "How can Ontario's new ombudsman address patient concerns?". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. Fitzpatrick, Meagan (4 December 2018). "Is Ontario's patient ombudsman next on the Ford government chopping block?". CBC News. Retrieved 2 June 2020. The patient ombudsman is not an independent officer of the legislature, however. It falls under Health Quality Ontario — a government agency that monitors quality in health care and provides advice to government and health care providers.
  5. Jeffords, Shawn (9 November 2017). "Ontario's Patient Ombudsman eyes improvements to health care". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. Reevely, David (9 November 2017). "Reevely: Transitions between health providers are painful points for Ontario patients, ombudsman reports". Ottawa, ON: Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  7. Turl, Jeff (28 March 2017). "Patient Ombudsman visits North Bay hospital". North Bay, ON: BayToday. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  8. Benzie, Robert; Ferguson, Rob (1 February 2018). "Former MPP Christine Elliott joins Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership race, Caroline Mulroney to follow". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  9. Baxter, Mary (28 April 2020). "What it's like at the patient ombudsman's office during COVID-19". TVO.org. Toronto, ON: TV Ontario. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  10. "Ontario government names Cathy Fooks as new patient ombudsman - CityNews Toronto". toronto.citynews.ca. Citytv. 11 June 2020. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  11. Jensen, David (11 June 2020). "Ontario Appoints New Patient Ombudsman - southwesthealthline.ca". www.southwesthealthline.ca. Southwest Healthline. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
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