I would add that we find that a lot of people come to the emergency departments and to hospitals because they're not able to access care in the community. This type of care is care that needs to be offered on a continuous basis over a longer period of time. Not having access in the community has been a big barrier.
The Ontario Hospital Association, together with many hospitals across the province, has been a very strong advocate of increasing home care and home care access for those with mental health, and of trying to increase access in the community to various types of treatment, including cognitive behavioural therapy, as well as rTMS and ECT. Despite all that, although we've made gains, we still fall well behind what we think would be a reasonable amount of care that's available equitably across the province.
