FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NOVEMBER 12, 2021
The following statement can be attributed to Janice Dawson, Vice President of Clinical Services - Restorative Care & Chief Nursing Executive:
Windsor, ON: “Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare has no intention to phase out or eliminate the integral role of the Registered Nurse (RN) at our hospital. Any statement otherwise is false. We continue to value the skills, ability and scope of practice of this important role within our interprofessional post-acute care team. Posed with longstanding challenges in RN recruitment similarly experienced by healthcare facilities across the province, HDGH is instead taking this opportunity to not fill already vacant positions and closely examine the Model of Care for its Complex Medical and Restorative Care programs. This work will help us to establish a sustainable interprofessional model that best meets the needs of the unique patient population served by our specialized post-acute care hospital. 

We would like to assure our community, current patients, and their loved-ones that the quality healthcare that all have come to expect, and that HDGH is known for, will not be negatively impacted throughout this review process. Our intent and goal is that this change will positively impact the patient care experience through a sustainable and stable staffing model.”

Until such time that our review process has been completed, we will not be providing any further comments on this matter.

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About Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare

Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of the Windsor-Essex community through the delivery of patient-centred, valued based care. Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare is a unique community hospital offering services in Mental Health and Addictions; Rehabilitative Care; Complex Medical and Palliative Care; and Children and Youth Mental Health. We offer a unique blend of services including but not limited to community and home based services. In collaboration with our healthcare and inter-sectorial partners, Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare is providing care in new ways and in new locations throughout the region to address barriers, improve access and patient outcomes and improve the overall patient experience.