Prince Edward County’s Healthcare Services Working Group has launched a public survey about local healthcare providers.
Councillor Stewart Bailey, the chair of the working group, says the survey relates to the need for family doctors but also mental health and other healthcare providers.
“We will be losing five physicians this year, which implies there could be up to 5,500 people in the County without a GP. So the survey wants to let us know who needs what. Who needs a GP? Who might be able to use a nurse practitioner? Do we need optometrists? Do we need physiotherapists?”
Survey Responses will influence future recommendations and actions of the Healthcare Services Working Group.
The anonymous survey is open to any resident of Prince Edward County or rural Hastings County as well as non-residents who are caregivers to residents of Prince Edward or rural Hastings Counties.
The survey is now open and can be accessed on Have Your Say or through a direct link, and will close on February 28, 2022.
A paper version of the survey will be available at all Prince Edward County Library branches next week, or can be obtained by contacting County customer service to arrange for pick-up at the Edward Building (280 Main Street Picton).
The Healthcare Services Working Group includes representatives of the Prince Edward Family Health Team, Quinte Health Care, Community Care for Seniors, H.J. McFarland Memorial Long Term Care Home, Hospice Prince Edward, South East Home and Community Care, Hastings Prince Edward Public Health, Hastings Prince Edward Addiction and Mental Health Services and representatives of council including the mayor.
