Ontario Connecting Over 12,500 More People to Primary Care in Elgin-Middlesex-London

August 13, 2025

$5.3 million dollar investment brings the province one step closer to connecting everyone in Ontario to primary care by 2029

ELGIN-MIDDLESEX-LONDON — As part of its $2.1 billion Primary Care Action Plan to connect everyone in Ontario to a publicly funded family doctor or primary care team, the Ontario Government is investing $5.3 million this year to connect up to 12,675 people to primary care in Elgin-Middlesex-London. This investment is part of the government’s Primary Care Action Plan that will help connect 300,000 people to primary care this year.

The Thames Valley Family Health Team (TVFHT), in partnership with eight Family Health Organizations, a Community Health Centre, and a Family Health Team, has received funding to help connect more people in our region with a primary care provider. By focusing on specific neighbourhoods, Care Connectors can match groups of patients with available providers more efficiently, improving access to primary care for the community. TVFHT will establish a process to accept new patients and will communicate this to their local community.

“Access to a family doctor or primary care provider should never be out of reach,” said Rob Flack, MPP for Elgin-Middlesex-London. “This new funding will mean more doctors, shorter wait times, and better care for thousands of people right here at home. I want to recognize the Thames Valley Family Health Team and our local health partners for their commitment to improving healthcare in our region. This is a real win for our community.”

The Thames Valley Family Health Team was funded through a recent call for proposals focused on communities—identified by postal code—with the highest number of residents not connected to primary care, including those on the Health Care Connect waitlist. Each successful team has established a plan to attach a high proportion of unattached people in their postal codes and demonstrated readiness to achieve significant progress within a year.

“We graciously celebrate this landmark investment in team-based primary care in London and Middlesex County. We aim to provide service that will transform the experience of thousands of people who have waited years to access healthcare in their own community”, said Mike McMahon, Executive Director of Thames Valley Family Health Team. “We are honoured to support this initiative alongside our Primary Care Network and Ontario Health Team partners, with leadership from the Ministry of Health, and Ontario Health. Together, we are supporting our communities.”

This investment is part of the more than $2.1 billion the Ontario government is investing to support the Primary Care Action Plan that will add over 300 new primary care teams across the province. This includes $235 million in 2025-26 that in part is supporting over 130 new and expanded primary care teams across the province.

“We are continuing to build on our government’s record investments, which have helped secure Ontario the highest rate of access to a regular health-care provider in the country,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “We are protecting Ontario’s health-care system and people’s access to convenient care by funding new and expanded primary care teams across the province, helping connect everyone in Ontario to a primary care provider.”

Through Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, the Ontario government continues to take bold and decisive action to grow the province’s highly skilled health care workforce and ensure people and their families have access to high-quality care closer to home for generations to come.

QUICK FACTS

Interprofessional primary care teams connect people to a range of health professionals that work together under one roof, including registered and registered practical nurses, physiotherapists, social workers, and pharmacists, helping patients to receive more connected and convenient care.
Eligible teams not selected for funding in this round will be encouraged to refine and resubmit their proposals for the next call for proposals, which is expected to launch in September 2025.
Ontario’s Primary Care Action Team, led by Dr. Jane Philpott, will implement its action plan supported by the government’s historic investment of more than $2.1 billion to connect approximately two million more people to a family physician or primary care team by 2029, which will achieve the government’s goal of connecting everyone in the province to primary care.
The Ontario Government recently passed the Primary Care Act, 2025., which establishes primary care as the foundation of Ontario’s health-care system and sets out six clear objectives for Ontario’s publicly funded primary care system to ensure people know what they can expect when connecting to primary care.
In 2024, Ontario invested $110 million in primary care teams across the province, helping to connect 328,000 more people to primary care close to home.

Media Contact
Emily Bradshaw
Office of Rob Flack, MPP
emily.bradshaw@pc.ola.org