2022 News Archives - Brightshores Health System

Grey Bruce Health Services is excited to be opening a new Wellness & Treatment Centre in late 2023 dedicated to supporting individuals with mental health…

Read more New Wellness & Treatment Centre Community Education Drop-in Session

Throughout the last several months, Health Human Resource challenges have affected hospitals province-wide. GBHS has felt these pressures across many of our hospitals and services.…

Read more Owen Sound Hospital Eliminates Outpatient Lab Services

Grey Bruce Health Services will begin renovations to the Wiarton Emergency Department starting November 1, 2022. The purpose of the renovations are to improve patient…

Read more Wiarton Hospital Emergency Department Renovations

GBHS is pleased to announce that a location has been selected for a new wellness and treatment centre to support individuals with addictions and…

Read more Site Selected for New GBHS Wellness and Treatment Centre

After a very successful summer, the Virtual Urgent Care program operated through Brightshores will be increasing from four days a week to six days to…

Read more Virtual Urgent Care Expanding to Six Days a Week

Like hospitals across the province, GBHS is experiencing an unprecedented demand on services. The volume and acuity of patients coming to all six GBHS Emergency…

Read more GBHS Hospitals Impacted by Internal and External Capacity Issues

Starting on September 1, 2022, the fees for patient and visitor parking at GBHS Meaford, Wiarton and Owen Sound hospitals are increasing for the first…

Read more GBHS Parking Fees to Increase

GBHS is seeing an increase in wait times at Emergency Departments across its six hospitals, and many patients are arriving with minor health concerns that…

Read more Public Reminded that Emergency Departments are for Urgent Health Issues

The Grey Bruce Health Services Board of Directors held their Annual General Meeting last evening and celebrated many accomplishments from the past fiscal year. The…

Read more GBHS Celebrates Year-End Accomplishments

Grey Bruce Health Services is pleased to expand the Urgent Virtual Care program so that more people can visit a physician by phone from…

Read more GBHS Expands Hours of Urgent Virtual Care Program

Starting Wednesday, June 8, Brightshores is easing visitor restrictions at all six hospitals in keeping with the declining cases of COVID-19 and the changes being…

Read more GBHS Gradually Easing Visitor Restrictions

Many hospitals across Ontario are experiencing staffing shortages, and the availability of emergency department physicians is causing concern locally at GBHS hospitals. All six GBHS…

Read more Human Resource Pressures Facing GBHS Emergency Departments

Starting Monday, March 7, GBHS is easing visitor restrictions and expanding visiting hours at all six hospitals. As of next week, two visitors per day…

Read more GBHS Gradually Increasing Number of Visitors Permitted in Hospital

Due to provincial restrictions on who is eligible for COVID-19 testing and declining local transmission of the virus, the GBHS Assessment Centres in Southampton and…

Read more COVID-19 Assessment Centres in Southampton and Lion’s Head Closing

Grey Bruce Health Services is excited to announce the launch of a pilot project to offer virtual urgent care appointments. Starting on March 2, GBHS urgent…

Read more GBHS Offering Virtual Appointments for Urgent Care