Ontario Health’s Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN) has honoured Scarborough Health Network (SHN) with two awards for 2023 – 2024! TGLN recognized SHN with the Hospital Achievement Award – Provincial Eligible Approach Rate and the Award of Excellence for demonstrating leading practices in organ and tissue donation facilitation.Learn more about these achievements below.

SHN thanks Trillium Gift of Life Network for these acknowledgments, as well as our dedicated and skilled Critical Care teams, who give countless Ontarians another chance at life by helping facilitate organ and tissue donation discussions between our patients and TGLN.

Hospital Achievement Award – Provincial Eligible Approach Rate

SHN was among 27 hospitals to receive the Provincial Eligible Approach Rate award for facilitating donation discussions with eligible patients and families of patients at end of life. For the year of 2023 – 24, SHN met the eligible approach rate target of 90% set by TGLN.

Award of Excellence

In addition to the Hospital Achievement Award, SHN was among just 14 hospitals to receive the Award of Excellence for meeting the provincial target for eligible approach rate for four consecutive years!

The decision to end life support is a difficult and sensitive decision for any family. At SHN, a team of medical professionals supports patients in their journey, as well as grieving families and loved ones. A critical part of these challenging conversations includes organ donation. SHN is honoured to be doing our part to help those awaiting a new organ. Organ donation is an integral part of quality end-of-life care, and SHN is continuing to lead best practices by compassionately facilitating donation discussions with eligible patients and families at end-of-life.

SHN thanks our Hospital Donation Physician lead, nurses, respiratory therapists, ICU and ED physicians for their outstanding and tireless efforts in serving our community. Together, we are shaping the future of care across Ontario.