Greenwood Medical Centre receives City Clinic Grant to add two Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) to its team to roster new patients

The City of Kingston is investing $600,000 in local clinics, which will result in up to 7,200 unattached Kingston residents finding a family doctor. Yesterday, Councillor Ryan Boehme presented a $100,000 cheque to Greenwood Medical Centre. This is one of six grants that will be distributed across the city.  

"Recognizing the increasing difficulty in finding primary care in our community, it is great to see the clinic grants approved by City Council funding improvements and increasing access to primary care in the Pittsburgh district,” says Ryan Boehme, Pittsburgh district councillor. 

This funding will support the hiring of two nurses, which will enable family physicians to delegate routine preventative care, diabetic care and cognitive screening. Physicians will be able to focus on seeing more complex and acute issues in a timely manner while still overseeing chronic disease management and maintaining preventative care for patients. This change will allow the clinic to roster an additional 1,200 patients over the next year using Health Care Connect. Greenwood Medical Centre has already attached 500 patients this year through the program. 

“We are very grateful for this financial support from the City of Kingston,” said the clinic’s physicians in a joint statement. “We intend to use this money to add nursing and support staff, that will in turn allow us to provide increased comprehensive care to patients without a family doctor in the east end of Kingston. We hope to continue to expand our regional health home and, in time, offer care to anyone who needs it in the east of Kingston. This funding, along with support from the Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Ontario Health Team, has allowed us to quickly get moving and we will have taken on over 1,200 new patients since spring 2024. We are excited to use this funding to increase our regional primary care capacity.” 

The clinic will host its first rostering day on Saturday, Aug. 17 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at 804 John Marks Ave. Residents without a primary care provider who currently live in the east end catchment area (Middle Road on the north, Abbey Dawn Road on the east, the St. Lawrence River on the south and the Cataraqui River on the west) are eligible and invited to attend. Please contact the clinic directly with any questions. 

The City of Kingston Primary Care Clinic Expansion Grant is a dedicated initiative funded entirely by the municipality to increase access to primary care for unattached patients. Clinic recipients will receive a one-time financial incentive of $100,000 to broaden their services through the innovative use of technology, expansion of administrative support to address paperwork burden and the addition of allied healthcare professionals to the primary care clinic setting. 

Recipients of this fund will continue to be highlighted over the coming weeks. Residents are also encouraged to follow along with the City’s physician recruitment efforts, including the Primary Care Grant, by visiting CityofKingston.ca/PhysicianRecruitment.