We are pleased to share with you our new strategic plan for The Ottawa Hospital, developed with the input of staff, physicians, patients, their families and community members.

This is an iterative plan that will continue to evolve in response to our ever-changing social realities and priorities. This need to embed resilience and agility in our DNA was driven home by the pandemic, which also led us to rethink and reimagine The Ottawa Hospital’s role in our community, and in the health-care system itself.

In the coming years The Ottawa Hospital will take a leadership role in helping reshape the future of health care to reflect 21st-century needs and innovations, looking beyond ‘the patient in the hospital’ to also support ‘the person in the community’.

We will attract more of the world’s best clinicians and researchers to care for you and your loved ones. They will come because of our growing global reputation as a leader in the fights against cancer, neurological diseases, and other illnesses, and because we live and work in one of the most livable cities in the world. And as a major teaching hospital, we will continue to train the next generation of top-notch health-care professionals.

The eventual opening of our new Civic Development will further cement The Ottawa Hospital’s status as a truly world-class hospital in our community. It will give every resident across our region – and from as far away as Nunavut – access to a new state-of-the-art trauma centre, a cutting-edge neurological research centre and much more.

Even as we work toward that exciting goal, we will continue to explore new ways of working with our community, and of working to improve your care, so that all our patients always receive the same care and compassion that we would want for our own loved ones.

The Ottawa Hospital is already one of the best hospitals in Canada. In the coming years we aim to earn our place in the very top tier of global health-care leaders. As dedicated health-care professionals and as everyday people we want the best in health care for our neighbours, families, and friends.

We believe Ottawa can – and should – be one of the healthiest communities in the world, and we are committed to leading the way as we work together towards that goal.