The HUB at St. Paul’s Hospital aims to divert mental health and substance use patients out of the regular flow of Emergency Department (ED) traffic, and redirect them to a new dedicated care setting, built on a model of rapid response and the co-location of acute and community resources.

This out-of-the-box solution comes in the form of state-of-the-art modular care spaces, which will allow St. Paul’s to co-locate services without any structural changes to the hospital.

The HUB will comprise two sites—a state-of-the-art clinical unit and a transitional centre—and support a transformation in access, care and follow-up for people with mental illness and problematic substance use. By providing quicker, integrated service in a culturally appropriate, trauma-informed way, the HUB will connect the care and expertise provided in a clinical setting to the housing, social and continuing care resources and supports that are already in place in the communities and neighbourhoods where patients live and are most familiar.