Ontario. Ministry of Health. Health Policy Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Health. Health Policy Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Health Policy Branch

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1996-1999

      History

      The Health Policy Branch was created in 1996 and formed part of the Health Strategies Group. In 1999 the Health Policy Branch was reorganised into the Corporate Policy Branch.

      Places

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Health Policy Branch developed strategic health planning and policies to ensure co-ordinated, effective and balanced policy responses were made to health care needs in Ontario. The branch provided policy advice on health service reforms such as cancer, rehabilitation, primary care, intergovernmental issues; managed internal policy processes; managed activities in the development of new legislation; and provided program planning policy development and administration for the ministry's research allocation.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Health (1972-1999)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA42

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Health controls Ontario. Ministry of Health. Health Policy Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1996-1999

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Corporate Policy Branch (1999-)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1710

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Corporate Policy Branch is the successor of Ontario. Ministry of Health. Health Policy Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Health. Policy, Programs and Research Branch (1992-1995)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1712

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Health. Policy, Programs and Research Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Health. Health Policy Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1711

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          KWIC Index to Services 1996-1998

          Government of Ontario Telephone Directory 1996-1998

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Radford-Grant