The planned transformation comes as the government lowers its public health spending, requiring municipalities to contribute millions more to their health budgets than anticipated. The situation has chief medical officers of health across Ontario worried about disruption to essential public health service delivery, Kyle said. The government has said it conducted a review of the province’s public health units and believes the current structure does not allow for consistent service delivery. “There is a lot of consultation yet to happen.”The consolidation will nonetheless mean that health units will have to serve larger geographic regions, which include communities with different needs. Northern Ontario’s nine health units will be reduced to two — one in the east and one in the west.

Source: thestar May 19, 2019 15:00 UTC