Respiratory season survey
To help gather lessons learned from the 2023-24 respiratory response, Hastings Prince Edward Public Health (HPEPH) has created a survey to:
- Reflect on local and regional health system partners’ 2023/24 season respiratory response.
- Understand local and regional health system partners’ readiness to respond to the 2024/25 season respiratory pathogens.
Seasonal respiratory pathogens (i.e., COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus) continue to be a threat and can cause significant seasonal pressures on health system resources. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the circulation of seasonal respiratory pathogens has followed an atypical pattern with infection rates starting earlier, lasting longer, and illness being more severe in certain populations.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has set out expectations and accountabilities for health system partners (e.g., Ontario Health, Public Health Ontario, public health units, hospitals, congregate care settings, home care agencies, primary health care settings, etc.) based on learnings from previous respiratory seasons and the COVID-19 pandemic to build system readiness and resilience for seasonal surges of respiratory pathogens. These expectations and responsibilities highlight the need for a community approach during the seasonal respiratory responses.
Your responses to the voluntary survey will be kept confidential and the information gathered will be shared with the MOH to inform their planning. It will also be shared with local and regional health system partners to better understand our community approach to the respiratory season. The survey takes about 30 to 40 minutes to complete. The deadline to complete the survey is June 21.
If you have any questions about this survey, please contact Roberto Almeida, HPEPH Infectious and Communicable Diseases Manager, at ralmeida@hpeph.ca.
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