May 1, 2008  Volume 14  Number 26







Mental health shake-up

Major changes in mental health delivery in Parry Sound Muskoka are the result of a failed experiment in upper management.
So says a report from William P. Davies, the executive director of community mental health.
He says: “I am writing to inform you of a change to senior management of our organization. Over the past two years we have experimented with having an operations manager responsible for day-to-day activities, while I have concentrated on working with the board of directors and our increasingly complex external environment. The experiment proved successful due, in no small part, to the excellent job done by Charlane Cluett in fulfilling that role. But the increasing divergence of the health care systems in the two halves of our catchment area (Muskoka and Parry Sound), resulting from them being in different LHINS (Local Health Integration Networks), has necessitated dividing the job in two.
“As of April 1, (Cluett) has assumed the role of Muskoka operations manager responsible for the Muskoka core program, housing, the adult protective services, the partner assault response program and, until the end of this fiscal year, the Muskoka-Parry Sound Council of Consumer/Survivor and Family Initiatives. (She) will continue to work out of our Bracebridge office and will continue to assume the role of acting executive director during any absence on my part.”
As of the same time, Laurie Regan assumes the role of Parry Sound operations manager responsible for that core program, Aboriginal mental health and, as of next spring, the Muskoka-Parry Sound council of Consumer/Survivor and Family Initiatives. She will stay in the Sundridge office. Cluett and Regan are expected to work as a team managing the day-to-day activities of the organization.

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