Women's College Hospital - Consultation

Women’s College Hospital is building a new facility designed to achieve its vision: to be the world’s pre-eminent ambulatory care hospital dedicated to women’s health.

To ensure the success of this initiative, we are speaking with 1,000 women in Ontario about their needs, priorities, perceptions and desires when it comes to hospitals, to healthcare programs, and to the care they receive. The knowledge generated will inspire new thinking and help WCH meet the needs of women (and their families). The more we know, the better WCH will be able to design our building, our programs, and our health care practices.

In May & June 2009, there are three ways women can get involved:

Live Community Forums
– participate in one of our moderated group discussions, where groups of 8-10 women will be invited to gather for lively 90-minute idea-sharing sessions.

Online Community Forums
– participate in one of our online group discussions, where women will be invited to log into an online bulletin board-style community and share their ideas.

Letters of Perspective
– all interested women in Ontario are invited to send an email or a letter describing your vision for the ideal women’s hospital. Think about how it might look, how it might feel to be there, the interactions that might take place, and the care that you might receive.

If you believe that people in your own community may have any unique needs that should be recognized, we hope you will describe these. By community we are referring to people who are similar to you with respect to any or all of the following: religion, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, household income, health insurance status, etc.

If you are interested, please contact us in any one of the following ways:
Email: shelley.davidson33[at]gmail.com
Phone: 416.699.2995
Mail: WCH 1000 WOMEN 2192 Queen Street East, Suite 62, Toronto ON M4E 1E6