1. New Patient Information Revised January 2018

2. Our Team 10 Family Physicians 3 Registered Nurses 1 Nurse Practitioner
1 Registered Dietician
1 Chiropodist
2 Social workers
1 Pharmacist
1 Medical Assistant
Psychiatrist on site two ½ days a week
Physiotherapist, Registered Massage Therapist and Chiropractor – PRIVATE PAY ONLY
Executive Director and administrative team

3. View from the Street

4. What is a Family Health Team?
Health care organizations that include a team that works together to provide health care for their community
Focus on health promotion chronic disease management, disease prevention and health promotion .

5. Waiting Room

6. Services for you Time Access to… Regular office hours
Appointments with your regular doctor or nurse practitioner
Other FHT Health Care Professionals
Group education sessions
Avocare
Evening (5:30 to 8:00 pm) and Saturday (9:00 to noon)
A FHT doctor (not necessarily your regular doctor) or nurse practitioner
After-hours (e.g. middle of the night)
Telephone health advisory service (speak to RN on phone for advice)
TeleHealth

7. Targeted Services
Family Health Teams offer programs based on the needs of the community they serve
Chronic disease management programs include: - Metabolic Clinic (diabetes/pre-diabetes and serious mental illness) - Mastering Your Mood (anxiety and depression) - Hypertension - COPD
Prevention Screening includes: - cervical, colon and breast cancer screening - flu immunization - Well Baby Clinics including childhood immunizations
Pre-natal care .

8. “Rostering” - Patient Enrollment
You may be asked to complete a Ministry of Health Form
Our Mission
Your Commitment to the FHT
Do not use walk-in clinics – use the services that our FHT makes available
For non urgent issues, contact your MD on AVocare
In an emergency, use your local Emergency department appropriately
Village Family Health Team provides comprehensive, interdisciplinary, high quality primary care to residents of southwest Toronto, including to those dealing with mental health and addictions issues.
In a culture dedicated to learning and discovery, we take bold steps to build an collaborative, inclusive, innovative model of care based on principles of best practice and excellence, in which patient and the community are meaningfully engaged.