May 2025 Board of Health Meeting - Q1 Annual Service Plan Status Report Information Report

Meeting Date
May 2025 Board of Health Meeting
Meeting Document Type
Information Report
Q1 Annual Service Plan Status Report

PREPARED BY: Planning and Strategic Initiatives

DATE: 2025-05-15

SUBJECT: Q1 Annual Service Plan Status Report

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE

The WECHU’s 2025 Annual Service Plan (ASP) illustrates how the Board of Health will operationalize the strategic directions and priorities of the health unit. The 2025 ASP report has been submitted to the Ministry of Health as directed in Requirement 1 of the Public Health Accountability Framework’s Common Domain of the Ontario Public Health Standards (OPHS) (2021).

DISCUSSION

For 2025, the WECHU will be facilitating 41 programs which are comprised of a total of 182 Intervention Work Plans (IWP). Table 1 depicts the breakdown between community focused (external) work and corporate operational activities (internal).

Table 1. Internal and External Facing Activities Summary

External Facing Programs and IWP’s

Internal Facing Programs and IWP’s

# of Programs

# of IWP’s

# of Programs

# of IWP’s

28

104

13

78

Reporting for Q1 2025 has been abbreviated due to extending the timeline of developing the ASP in response to agency reorganization and Ministry of Health revision of the Standards in the OPHS.

Each department that has an external community focus was asked to provide a brief activities status update that pertains to each approved program in their service area. Table 2 illustrates the result of this reporting.

Table 2. External Facing Program Q1 Status Update

Department: Comprehensive Health Promotion
Program Program Status
Food Environment On Target
Healthy Growth & Development On Target
Healthy Relationships On Target
Mental Health Promotion On Target
Department: Substance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction
Program Program Status
Enhancing Harm Reduction Access On Target
Environmental Supports for Substance Prevention and Harm Reduction On Target
Local/Provincial Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement On Target
Policy Development and Community Coordination On Target
Department: Infectious Disease Prevention
Program Program Status
Communicable Disease and Outbreak Management On Target
IPAC Hub Variance
Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections On Target
Tuberculosis On Target
Department: Immunization
Program Program Status
COVID-19 Vaccine Program On Target
RSV Vaccine Program On Target
Vaccine Administration On Target
Vaccine Confidence On Target
Vaccine Management On Target
ISPA Implementation in Schools and Licensed Child Care Settings On Target
Department: Healthy Families
Program Program Status
Healthy Pregnancy and Preparation for Parenting Education On Target
Department: Environmental Health
Program Program Status
Food Safety Program On Target
Health Hazard Management On Target
Facility Infection Prevention Compliance On Target
Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Disease Management On Target
Safe Water On Target
Department: Oral Health
Program Program Status
Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program On Target
Healthy Smiles Ontario On Target
Oral Health Assessment and Surveillance On Target