Tag: London Intercommunity Health Centre
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At downtown housing for vulnerable homeless: 3 months in, ‘life-changing’ results
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The first three months of new housing for the most vulnerable homeless Londoners have delivered “life-changing” results, the head of London Cares says. Visits to hospital emergency departments are down 74 per cent, the number of overdoses has dropped “dramatically” and five tenants say they’ve stopped working in the survival sex trade, executive director Anne…
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Homeless women receiving prenatal care at new London clinic
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A new partnership between the region’s largest hospital and a front line health care agency is bringing prenatal care to the city’s homeless population, vital medical care previously out-of-reach for many of London’s most marginalized.
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Encampment depots to continue all winter for up to 300 people
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As the number of unsheltered Londoners tops 700, outreach depots for encampment dwellers set up during the summer will continue to operate over the winter.
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Patients of safer drug supply program report fewer overdoses, better health
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Patients of a safer opioid supply program in London report less use of street drugs and fewer overdoses, a study released Thursday concludes.
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London non-profits, tackling growing social ills, face new challenge: Staff shortages
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Just as London begins developing a new homelessness system, a new report shows a major challenge ahead: finding, hiring and retaining qualified workers.
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‘I’m more than OK’: Drug user credits safer supply program with turnaround
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A rake of a woman selling her body and injecting drugs every day showed up about four years ago at London InterCommunity Health Centre (LIHC) on Dundas Street.
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Harms of safe drug supply program outweigh benefits: Addictions specialist
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A London doctor at the centre of a national political debate over opioid programs says she had no intention of becoming a talking point for the federal Conservative party.
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London doctor rips ‘unfounded anecdotes’ about safe drug supply programs
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A leading Ontario drug researcher and a London streetfront doctor are firing back at a recent surge of criticism – echoed by a city councillor and the leader of the Conservative party – about safer opioid supply programs.
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New plan for homeless encampments will provide support, permit larger camps
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As homeless encampments grow in London, a coalition of organizations is rushing to develop a plan to keep people safer and healthier this summer.
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Homeless advocates grieve after death of woman burned in sidewalk fire
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London’s Ark Aid Street Mission is remembering the homeless woman killed after an encampment fire as a hopeful person who was always looking out for other young women living on the street.