Health and Long-Term Care

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Overview

The ministry is responsible for administering the health care system and providing services to the Ontario public through such programs as health insurance, drug benefits, assistive devices, care for the mentally ill, long-term care, home care, community and public health, and health promotion and disease prevention. It also regulates hospitals and nursing homes, operates psychiatric hospitals and medical laboratories, and co-ordinates emergency health services.

Major Responsibilities

• Addictions
• Assistive Devices
• Children's Health
• Drug Programs
• Emergency Health Services
• Emergency Management Unit
• French Language Health Services
• Health Advisories and Travel Health
• Health Care Professionals : Regulation
• HIV and AIDS
• Immunization
• Influenza Vaccination Program
• Mental Health
• Ontario Health Insurance Plan
• Ontario Hepatitis C Assistance Plan
• Organ and Tissue Donation
• Public Health
• Rabies
• Seniors' Care : Home, Community and Residential Care Services for Seniors
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
• Telehealth Ontario
• West Nile Virus

Sites of interest

• Ontario Health Insurance Program
• Seniors' Care: Home, Community and Residential Care for Seniors
• HealthyOntario.com - Ontario's consumer health information Web portal
• Emergency Planning and Preparedness
• Telehealth Ontario
• Trillium Gift of Life Network - Ontario's Organ and Tissue Donation Agency