Kingston General Hospital’s Patient and Family Advisory Council
The Patient and Family Advisory Council was formed in February 2010. The council is composed of twelve former patients or family members of patients who have received care at KGH, plus five KGH staff. The Council includes individuals who have had experience in the medicine, emergency, surgery, oncology, mental health and pediatric programs. The council is co-chaired by a patient experience advisor and a staff member.
Since September 2010, patient experience advisors have become members of key service-based and corporate committees, including the Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Model Steering Committee, the Patient Flow Taskforce and the newly formed Patient Quality and Safety Steering Committee.
As a next step, recruitment and interviewing is also under way for membership on the nine patient care program councils. The Critical Care, Cardiac, Oncology and Emergency Program Councils are the first to have patient experience advisors actively participating.
For more information on the KGH Patient Experience Advisors click here
For more information on the KGH Patient and Family Advisory Council, and other relevant sites, click on the links below:
Patients' Association of Canada - established to fill an important gap in the health field. A national, patient-led and patient-governed organization that speak to the experience that people have as patients.
Click below for a video of council members discussing their ongoing role at KGH.