Healing in the Heart of West Parry Sound
The West Parry Sound Health Centre is an innovative and integrated health service provider. Combining an acute care hospital with primary care services through our outreach programs we ensure that those in West Parry Sound have access to exemplary care. WPSHC serves a unique population which expands significantly throughout the recreational season. Located in the heart of the world’s largest freshwater archipelago and one of Ontario’s most popular recreational areas, we are a popular destination for cottagers, tourists and adventure seekers. This provides our staff the unique opportunity to explore a fuller scope of practice, while living in a close-knit, rural community surrounded by the natural beauty of Georgian Bay and the area’s many inland lakes, rivers, and forests.
Facing relative geographic isolation from larger health care providers, WPSHC excels at forming innovative regional partnerships and locally designed solutions that deliver patient-centred care, close to home.
WPSHC includes:
- A full range of inpatient and outpatient programs associated with a 70-bed acute care hospital
- Ontario’s Massasauga Rattlesnake Antivenom Depot
- Co-location with a 110-resident Long-Term Care home
- A Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic managing six rural sites servicing approximately 6,000 square kilometers
- Management of the District of Parry Sound Land Ambulance and Community Paramedicine programs
- The regional Ambulance Communication Service
- A Mental Health Hub
- A core partner in the West Parry Sound Ontario Health Team
Our Mission
To be a provider and partner in the delivery of exceptional care.
Our Statement of Purpose
The Meaning of Patient and Family Centred Care at WPSHC
Receiving and providing Patient and Family Centred Care means sharing mutual respect for honest communication, diversity, and equality; actively engaging with patients, families, and other providers in the development and delivery of safe exceptional care. It means providing the care we expect to receive. We are all patients and families.
Our Values
Compassion
We believe that every person within and relating to WPSHC has distinct physical, psychological, social, emotional, and spiritual needs which must be compassionately addressed with dignity, care, respect, and empathy.
Accountability
We believe that WPSHC is accountable for providing the best possible outcomes of care constantly seeking out ways to improve quality and service; promoting a learning environment; fostering essential partnerships and linkages; and being efficient and effective resource managers.
Rights and Responsibilities
We believe that every person has the right to access quality health care and to participate in decisions affecting that care, and that every person has a responsibility for his/her own health. We believe that every person has the right to a healthy workplace and to participate in decisions affecting that workplace; and that everyone has the responsibility to contribute to that environment.
Excellence
We believe that WPSHC strives to be a model of excellence in the services it provides, in the environment in which it operates, and in all the processes utilized in the provision of those services.
Safety
We believe that safety is lived and actively encouraged every day as a shared responsibility among those providing, supporting, and receiving care. We work hard to maintain and promote all aspects of safety including physical and emotional safety through staff participation, education, increased awareness, managing risk, and eliminating harm.
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Our Strategic Plan
Our Strategic plan provides our teams a clear roadmap for achieving long-term goals, guiding decision-making, and improving patient care while ensuring the organization remains aligned with our mission as we adapt to the evolving health care needs of our communities in West Parry Sound.