The Ontario government's system of contracting out for home care services (the so-called "competitive bidding" system) has been put on hold for another two years, it seems. Following a meeting with government officials, various bosses and mucky-mucks in the Ontario home care industry have come out and declared the following: As proposed in a first step in a phased transition, new contracts would be developed and then negotiated with existing service providers outside of a competitive bidding process, effective October 1 st , 2012 for the subsequent two year period (2014). These new contracts would reflect the realities of our environment; quality imperatives, fiscal restraint, greater focus on client-centred care and defined client populations, and the requirement to collaborate and implement change over a short period of time. In subsequent phases it is proposed that all home care contracts will be renewed based on clear performance metrics related to t
Notes from Leftwords -- Doug Allan