e-499 (Mental health)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
- Suicide still remains the second highest cause of death for young people in our country;
- MOBYSS (Mobile York South Simcoe) is Ontario’s first mobile health clinic for youth who are 12 to 25 years of age;
- Mobile units can assist with hospital diversions, providing just in time access to services and supports, and pre-empting crisis situations;
- Mobile units provide immediate primary and mental health services: the team includes health care from a Nurse Practitioner, specialized youth mental health worker, and peer support specialist;
- Mobile units provide early intervention to prevent the loss of young lives to mental illness, addiction and suicide, they support at risk and homeless youth, they remove barriers to access: geographic, financial & stigma;
- Mobile units are innovative: virtual line up & utilizes Ontario Telemedicine Network;
- Mobile units improve partnerships: provincial, territorial and municipal governments, Indigenous Canadians, community organizations equipped with the appropriate resources; and
- Mobile units are safe.
- Open for signature
- July 29, 2016, at 9:19 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- November 26, 2016, at 9:19 a.m. (EDT)