Friday, June 21, 2024
Thames Valley Family Health Team
TVFHT Partners with Noojimo Health to Provide Culturally Safe Care
Thames Valley Family Health Team (TVFHT) is proudly partnering with Noojimo Health, Canada's first all-Indigenous virtual mental wellness clinic, to provide culturally safe care to individuals who identify as Indigenous.
This exciting partnership furthers TVFHT’s commitment to expand access to team-based care in a culturally safe way. TVFHT patients who identify as Indigenous can be referred to this service, or self-refer, to access virtual counselling from Indigenous clinicians.
“All Noojimo counsellors are two-eyed seers,” says Ro’nikonkatste (Standing Strong Spirit) Bill Hill, Clinician with Noojimo Health. “They are both regulated health professionals and masters prepared registered social workers; they know their ceremonies, received Teachings and way around the fire.”
“We know how important it is to access care in a culturally safe environment, especially when seeking mental health support,” says Lisa Vreugdenhil, TVFHT Director of Clinical Services. “This partnership is also a learning opportunity for our team on Indigenous health. We’re excited to witness the potential growth in our patients and clinical teams.”
Noojimo Health provides individual, group, youth, and family counselling, as well as facilitated virtual healing circles, and custom support programs. More information and referral support is available on their website www.noojimohealth.ca.
The Thames Valley Family Health Team is one of the largest family health teams in Ontario. With more than 125 physicians across 19 sites within London, and Middlesex, Oxford and Elgin counties, the Thames Valley Family Health Team is committed to providing comprehensive inter-collaborative primary health care to over 161,000 patients.
TVFHT nurse practitioners, nurses, mental health counsellors, pharmacists, dietitians, occupational and respiratory therapists work with physicians as an interdisciplinary team, each using their experience and skills to provide patient centred care, including:
- Acute/episodic care
- Chronic disease/health promotion programs, some of which are based on communitypartnerships
- Patients have access to programming at all sites -- they can learn about programs orregister for programs online at www.thamesvalleyfht.ca.
For more information about our organization, please visit www.thamesvalleyfht.ca.
Media Contact:
Drina Silva
Thames Valley Family Health Team
Cell: 226-559-9403
drina.silva@thamesvalleyfht.ca
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