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Reset Developments Inc., owned and operated by Len Reibin and Aurel Morissette, is pleased to announce that construction is underway downtown across from the Community Hall in Flin Flon on a new Primary Health Care building. Reset Developments Inc. successfully bid on the Call for Proposals for leased space to house the NOR-MAN Regional Health Authority's Primary Health Care initiative and have contracted this project to CDF Building Systems Ltd., owned and operated by Richard Anaka. The Reset building will be leased to the NOR-MAN Regional Health Authority and will house a wide variety of community-based services and programs. "Primary Health Care Centres are an innovative way to deliver the services that communities need and want in order to stay healthy," said Drew Lockhart, CEO. "This approach recognizes that people may need different health and community services to stay well. We are putting them together in an easy to access network that focuses on people and their community." Lockhart noted that RHAs submitted proposals for primary health care needs in their communities for funding through the Primary Health Care Transition Fund which was announced in September 2000 by the federal government to support the first ministers agreement on the renewal of Canada's health care system. Criteria for acceptance of the proposals were based on guidelines within the Primary Health Care Policy Framework. The centre will have approximately 25 - 30 staff providing a wide range of services offered by the NOR-MAN RHA. Most of the staff in Flin Flon will be relocated from various office locations throughout the community. Construction of the facility is expected to be completed before the end of this calendar year with a grand opening planned for the new year. As part of its commitment to primary health care reform and to making health and community services more accessible, Primary Health Care Centres will give residents access to a comprehensive range of health and community services from a single access point. Primary Health Care Centres will improve the continuity of health services for residents in the NOR-MAN region. Duplication and gaps in services will be minimized. This will be particularly helpful to people with complex, multiple service needs. For instance, Flin Flon's Primary Health Care Centre will offer a single point of access to the following services: Community Nurse Resource Centre, Community Mental Health, Public Health, Diabetes Services, Primary Care, Health Promotion, Health Prevention and Health Education, Baby First, and Supportive Housing Services. "Through these new Primary Health Care Centres, residents can tap into a range of health and community services simply by dropping in," said Lockhart. "This is an example of how we can strengthen families and build communities by establishing one-stop, convenient and accessible service centres for people in their neighbourhoods." Primary Health Care Centres reflect the province's primary health care policy framework that focuses on innovative ways to deliver accessible and effective health and community services. Primary health care encourages health promotion and illness prevention, and helps people connect to a range of health, social and community services and supports. Primary health service models are being developed in rural Manitoba that respond to the characteristics and needs of communities and regions.
