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Southlake Regional Health Centre
and Stevenson Memorial Hospital Announce
Shared Human Resource Services

(Newmarket, Ontario - August 12, 2003) Southlake Regional Health Centre (SRHC) in Newmarket and Stevenson Memorial Hospital (SMH) in Alliston are pleased to announce a unique development that will provide a broader range of human resources and employee training and development services being offered at SMH. This arrangement further strengthens the 1999 Network that was formed between the two hospitals to share clinical and administrative services in order to improve access to quality health care services for the residents of northern York Region and southern Simcoe County.

On a contract basis, SRHC will deploy a full-time human resource specialist to SMH to assist with employee/labour relations, develop recruitment and retention strategies, and assist with the existing benefits administration and employee health and safety programs based on programs successfully being offered at SRHC.

According to SMH's CEO, Ed Takacs, the relationship strengthens his organization's commitment to attract and retain qualified health care professionals to the New Tecumseth community.

"We are very fortunate to have dedicated and qualified staff at Stevenson Memorial Hospital to serve our community," said Mr. Takacs. "Our arrangement with Southlake provides us with the enhanced expertise to develop meaningful employee programs."

For SRHC President and CEO, Dan Carriere, the relationship is an example of good business management in a health care environment that is stretched for resources.

"Within the next year, we have the responsibility of hiring an additional 400 full time staff to support the new and expanding services we will offer upon completion of our $149 million expansion project," said Mr. Carriere. "This has resulted in our developing a number of creative strategies in which to attract the right kind of people to our organization. If we can duplicate what we have learned and share it with Stevenson then both organizations will save money and that simply makes good sense for everyone involved,"

Other services that have been shared between SRHC and SMH since the creation of the 1999 Network include, patient information systems, obstetrical back-up coverage, public relations and corporate support services, financial consultation assistance, and mental health program development.

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