Once opened, the expanded mental health crisis unit will include:
- Additional capacity to address high volumes of acute mental health and substance abuse incidents
- New crisis unit beds
- Separation for adult and youth mental health patients to enhance the delivery of care, so they can receive the appropriate and high-quality care in a safe space
As a next step, the ministry is working with Peterborough Regional Health Centre to complete early planning and design for this project. Once further planning is complete and the project is tendered and awarded, a construction schedule will be confirmed.
“Our government is making record investments to connect more people to the care they need, when they need it, no matter where they live,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “By expanding the mental health crisis unit at Peterborough Regional Health Centre, our government is ensuring people and families in Peterborough and across Eastern Ontario have faster access to mental health and addictions support services, for years to come.”
Through Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, the Ontario government is expanding and modernizing Ontario’s hospitals, making it faster and easier for people of all ages to connect to the high-quality care they need, where and when they need it. In 2020, the province introduced the Roadmap to Wellness, a plan to build a modern, world-class mental health and addictions care system. The government continues to introduce and expand on innovative new programs to ensure access to connected and convenient care to support the health and well-being of all Ontarians.
QUICK FACTS
- from last year. This includes over $95,000 to Peterborough Regional Health Centre in 2024-25.
- Ontario is investing $3.8 billion over 10 years to fill gaps in mental health and addictions care, creating new services and expanding programs through Roadmap to Wellness.
- Through the Roadmap to Wellness and the Addictions Recovery Fund the province is adding over 550 new addictions treatment beds to build capacity across the mental health and
