Joining a Family Health Team (FHT)
To join a FHT you will be asked to sign a Patient Enrollment Form rostering you to a physician in the FHT. Rostering means you agree to have your health care provided by this physician and the FHT. By signing the Patient Enrollment Form you commit to the following:
- To seek treatment from your physician/FHT first (unless traveling or an emergency)
- To allow the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care to provide your physician/FHT with information about services you received from physicians outside of the FHT
- To not switch physician/FHT more than twice per year
- To continue to be enrolled with the physician unless you are no longer eligible for OHIP, move outside of the geographic area of the FHT, enroll with another physician in another group, or choose to cancel your enrollment
- To inform your physician if you are receiving specialized treatment from another physician outside of the FHT
- Rostering is not mandatory. However, we believe it will provide you with the best care.
Note: At this time Taddle Creek FHT's nurse practitioners are accepting new patients. Our nurse practitioners are located at our Bay and College sites. If partnering with a nurse practitioner on your care is something you would like to explore, contact one of our Bay and College sites to make a new patient appointment.