Item - 2017.HL21.13
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on October 2, 2017 without amendments.
- This item was considered by Board of Health on September 25, 2017 and was adopted with amendments. It will be considered by City Council on October 2, 2017.
HL21.13 - Naloxone Training for City Councillors
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on October 2, 3 and 4, 2017, adopted the following:
1. City Council request Toronto Public Health staff to conduct a naloxone training session for Members of Council during a future day of City Council.
Background Information (Board)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/hl/bgrd/backgroundfile-106855.pdf
Motions (City Council)
HL21.13 - Naloxone Training for City Councillors
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
Board Recommendations
The Board of Health recommends that:
1. City Council request Toronto Public Health staff to conduct a naloxone training session for Members of Council during a future day of City Council.
Decision Advice and Other Information
The Board of Health considered Items HL21.1, HL21.12 and HL21.13 together.
Origin
Summary
At its meeting in August 2017, the Toronto Drug Strategy Implementation Panel discussed the overdose emergency in Toronto. The Panel has identified additional measures that are needed to respond to this emergency, which have been submitted to the Board of Health in a separate motion.
The Panel also discussed the urgent need to train more people on how to use the lifesaving medicine naloxone, which can immediately reverse an opioid overdose. Toronto Public Health has significantly expanded delivery of this training to people who use drugs, their family members and friends, and community and municipal service providers across the city, and now more people are in the position to save a life. The Toronto Drug Strategy Implementation Panel also discussed the value in having members of City Council receive this training.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/hl/bgrd/backgroundfile-106855.pdf
Speakers
Motions
That Recommendation 1 in the letter (September 7, 2017) from the Chair, Toronto Drug Strategy Implementation Panel, be amended to read as follows:
1. The Board of Health ask City Council to request Toronto Public Health staff to conduct a naloxone training session for Members of Council during a future day of City Council.