The Huron-Perth Healthcare Alliance is in the process of updating its strategic plan.
CEO Andrew Williams says the strategic plan was implemented a couple of years ago and resulted in some changes in the bed mixes at the hospitals in Clinton, Seaforth, Stratford and St. Marys to reflect needs at that time.
Williams says one of the focuses in the update is on partnerships and how the alliance fits into the broader system.
Williams also points out there are some external factors over that they have no control over, which will also affect their operation significantly. One of those is the frozen funding and Williams says that's not going to get any better given the current deficit facing the province.
Another is the upcoming election and the position of each of the parties on health care and one more is the current dispute between the doctors and the province.
Williams says all of those factors will influence the operations of the alliance hospitals as well as all of the other hospitals in the province.
