The destination
Our vision for the future is clear...
KHSC is one of Canada's leading academic health sciences centres.
We deliver excellent specialized, people-centred care in a new hospital, built for the needs of people across Southeastern Ontario. We're a hub for health education, research and innovation that brings talent and investment to the region. We use technology to bring expertise closer to where people live. We improve the health and wellbeing of the people and communities we serve. And we get there by working with patients, families, partners and community members.
What we haven't decided is how to make this vision a reality. That's what this conversation is for.
KHSC is one of Canada's leading academic health sciences centres.
We deliver excellent specialized, people-centred care in a new hospital, built for the needs of people across Southeastern Ontario. We're a hub for health education, research and innovation that brings talent and investment to the region. We use technology to bring expertise closer to where people live. We improve the health and wellbeing of the people and communities we serve. And we get there by working with patients, families, partners and community members.
What we haven't decided is how to make this vision a reality. That's what this conversation is for.
This conversation is for you
Decisions made here affect more than today's patients. They can influence who works here, what care is available close to home and how health care evolves across our region.
Before we make those decisions, we want to hear from you.
You may be:
- A patient or family member who has received care at KHSC
- Someone who lives in the region and may need hospital care in the future, or has ideas about what health care should look like in the years ahead
- A health care worker or caregiver who sees the challenges facing patients and families
Whatever brings you to this conversation, your experience and perspective can help shape what comes next.
Why we're asking now
Our current strategic plan is nearly finished. Since we wrote it, a lot has changed - in our community, in health care and at KHSC.
We're also facing an opportunity most hospitals never get: the chance to build a new hospital to anchor an entire health innovation district in Kingston’s west end. The decisions we make in the next few years will shape care across this region for decades.
So the question isn't just 'what should KHSC do next?’ It's bigger than that.
We're also facing an opportunity most hospitals never get: the chance to build a new hospital to anchor an entire health innovation district in Kingston’s west end. The decisions we make in the next few years will shape care across this region for decades.
So the question isn't just 'what should KHSC do next?’ It's bigger than that.
More people. More complex needs.
By 2040, it’s estimated that 3.1 million Ontarians will live with at least one major illness. That’s 1 in 4 people.
This doesn’t just mean more patients, but more people living with multiple health conditions, which makes their care more complicated.
At the same time hospitals are facing financial pressures, health care workers are harder to recruit and retain, and many of our buildings are aging.
What this means for you: Chances are, you or someone you love will likely rely on the health system in the future. Without action now, getting the care you need could become more difficult.
This doesn’t just mean more patients, but more people living with multiple health conditions, which makes their care more complicated.
At the same time hospitals are facing financial pressures, health care workers are harder to recruit and retain, and many of our buildings are aging.
What this means for you: Chances are, you or someone you love will likely rely on the health system in the future. Without action now, getting the care you need could become more difficult.
What makes KHSC different?
Every hospital in Ontario is under pressure, but three things make our situation unique.
We're here for all of Southeastern Ontario.
When someone in our region needs highly specialized care – like minimally-invasive robotic surgery, CAR T-cell therapy to treat cancer, or PET-CT imaging to diagnose a cardiac condition, they come to us. That means our decisions affect a much bigger area than just Kingston.
We're a teaching and research hospital.
As an academic health sciences centre, we don't just provide care - we help discover better care, and we train the people who will deliver it. Most Ontario hospitals don't do this.
We're building something new.
A new hospital is only part of the vision. We are working together with municipal and academic partners to create a health innovation district – the first of its kind in Ontario – where hospital care, university research and health companies come together to help develop and improve health care.
The questions we're asking
As we plan, we're asking patients, families, staff, physicians, partners and the wider community to help us answer:
- How can KHSC achieve its vision where:
- KHSC is one of Canada's leading academic health sciences centres.
We deliver excellent specialized, people-centred care in a new hospital, built for the needs of people across Southeastern Ontario. We're a hub for health education, research and innovation that brings talent and investment to the region. We use technology to bring expertise closer to where people live. We improve the health and wellbeing of the people and communities we serve. And we get there by working with patients, families, partners and community members.
- KHSC is one of Canada's leading academic health sciences centres.
- How can KHSC create the greatest value for patients, communities and partners across Southeastern Ontario?
- In which areas should KHSC lead, partner, support others or deliberately shift resources and attention?
- What capabilities must be developed now to prepare for future success?
- How can redevelopment become a catalyst for transforming care, not simply replacing infrastructure?
Now tell us what you think
You've now learned about some of the pressures we're facing and the choices ahead.
If you're a patient, a family member, or someone who lives in this region, you know what good care feels like, and where we have opportunities to improve.
Help us build a strategy that works for our communities by sharing your perspective. The survey takes about five minutes and asks where you think KHSC should focus.
If you're a patient, a family member, or someone who lives in this region, you know what good care feels like, and where we have opportunities to improve.
Help us build a strategy that works for our communities by sharing your perspective. The survey takes about five minutes and asks where you think KHSC should focus.
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