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While Risk Remains Low, Community Advised to Prepare While there are still no local cases and the risk of severe illness remains low, Peterborough Public Health is advising organizations and local residents that now is the time to get ready for the arrival of COVID-19 in our area. “Since there isn’t a vaccine developed yet, […]

The Peterborough Clinic announced today, March 2, 2020, that it has engaged Dufferin Construction, a Division of CRH Canada Group Inc. and D.M. Wills Associates Limited to reconstruct and combine the parking lots at 26 Hospital Drive and 10 Hospital Drive. The purpose of the parking lot reconstruction will be to alleviate traffic congestion on […]

This article examines three family health teams (FHTs) in different Ontario communities that exemplify the features of a Patient’s Medical Home (PMH), a vision developed by the College of Family Physicians of Canada. With PMH supports and foundations in place, these FHTs deliver high-quality care enabled by strong PMH functions: accessible, comprehensive, patient- and family-centred […]

Ontario Health Teams Part of Province’s Plan to End Hallway Health Care PETERBOROUGH — Ontario is delivering on its commitment to end hallway health care and build a connected and sustainable health care system centred around the needs of patients. The province is introducing Ontario Health Teams, a new model of care that brings together […]

Peterborough Family Health Team (PFHT) is committed to closing gaps found in our local health care system. Recently, a new process was created to fix an ongoing problem: finding a local family doctor. With the development of this new local wait list residents without a family doctor, or whose family doctor is located outside of […]

Lakefield, ON – Weekly Women’s Wellness and Blood Pressure clinics begin this week at the PFHT Clinic for residents without a health care provider, such as a family doctor or nurse practitioner. These preventative care clinics will operate from the Morton Community Healthcare Centre located at 150 Strickland Street in Lakefield and run for six […]

LAKEFIELD, ON – Peterborough Family Health Team (PFHT) is excited to announce the launch of the PFHT Clinic on Tuesday, September 11 at the Morton Community Healthcare Centre that will provide acute and episodic care to patients. These patients will meet with PFHT Nurse Practitioner (NP), Lorie Dunford, who will provide permanent residents with continuity […]

A collaboration with Peterborough Family Health Team, The City of Peterborough, and The Virtual Family Physician Network closes gap in care for unattached patients in the city and county. PETERBOROUGH, ON – The Peterborough Virtual Care Clinic (PVCC) is now open and operating at 185 King Street in Peterborough, on the fifth floor, to provide […]

There is a new doctor in town for the residents of Apsley: Dr. Paul Hasson. Starting February 28, 2018, Dr. Hasson will join the Peterborough Family Health Team model of care, opening his practice in the North Kawartha Health Centre. The family doctor will be…read more

As flu season gets underway and seasonal illnesses begin to present themselves, the Peterborough Family Health Team, Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) and Peterborough Public Health are again working together to prepare for an expected increase in patient volumes in the coming weeks…read more.