It's interesting. I happen to sit on the OSISS advisory council. If I was to give you one recommendation, it would be a very simple one. Veterans Affairs Canada have their OSI clinics; they are operational stress injury clinics. They currently have five, and they've budgeted for an additional five. The Canadian Forces maintain something they call the OTSSCs, operational trauma and stress support centres. In theory the OSI clinics are there to meet the needs of the veterans while the OTSSC clinics meet the needs of the Canadian Forces serving members.
There has to be a better transition between the OTSSCs and the OSI clinics. As a matter of fact, there should be a seamless transition. The OTSSCs should be renamed as OSI clinics. They should all be OSI clinics, and they should offer services to either the Canadian Forces member or the veteran. They should also offer services to their families. Here is a simple recommendation to put some clarity, some simplicity, in this transition, which we think should be seamless.
There are too many problems with the handover from one psychiatrist at one type of clinic--the OTSSC--to an OSI clinic, where maybe the medication profile is different depending on which department is approving what.
If you solve that one, I think that would be a good first step.