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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 10, 2024 COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE IN CRITICAL UNDERFUNDED STATE PETERBOROUGH, ON – Community healthcare in Ontario is in crisis as it struggles to recruit and retain health workers. The rapidly growing wage gap between primary care and other healthcare sectors is proven and the facts have been brought to light in […]

BORN Ontario provides an update on a cybersecurity incident. See the BORN Ontario news release for details.

The Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario (AFHTO) engaged in consultation and dialogue with some physician leaders. These conversations provided feedback to the OMA for consideration in the upcoming negotiations on the 2024 Physician Services Agreement. This three-part series highlights three areas of priority recommended to the OMAs Negotiation Task Force. For details, see […]

Opinion Piece The Board of Directors, Peterborough Family Health Team The front door to health care in Ontario is broken and needs to be fixed. Family medicine plays a crucial central role in health care. The Ministry of Health has contributed to creating a critical shortage of family doctors that has brought the system to […]

September 21, 2021 To Our Valued Patients, As most of you will have heard, the Ontario government recently announced that there are now new requirements for proof of vaccination against COVID-19 in certain settings. These are in effect as of September 22, 2021. Additionally, many employers, including the Peterborough Family Health Team, have instituted mandatory […]

An exciting opportunity to join a well established, highly integrated Family Health Organization (FHO) available July 1, 2021. The Peterborough Community FHO is part of a larger Family Health Team (FHT), encompassing 5 Family Health Organizations in Peterborough. This practice operates from a clinic shared with 9 other family physicians, which includes a dedicated lab, pharmacy and radiology. The practice has […]

Have you wondered what it would be like to practise medicine in Peterborough? Here is your chance! A physician located in the north part of the city of Peterborough is seeking a locum in January 2022 for approximately one month. This is a perfect opportunity to see what Peterborough offers during those chilly months! The […]

Are you looking to take over a well established family practices that is part of Peterborough’s largest Family Health Organization? Located in East City, a unique part of the city of Peterborough, this family practice is well suited for two part-time physicians or one full-time physicians. The practice is comprised of patients of varying age […]

Overview A unique opportunity to practise in Peterborough and grow roots in this community. The Medical Centre is a historic yet modern clinic in Peterborough that gives physicians an opportunity to be part of this well-established model. Seeking a part time family physician to share a practice part-time as current physician is looking to do […]

The Peterborough Clinic: Full-Time Locum An excellent opportunity to join a progressive Family Health Organization for summer/fall 2021. The Peterborough Clinic Family Health Organization is located a stone’s throw away from a regional hospital and embodies a full service, multi-specialty clinic and is located in the beautiful Kawartha’s. Overview The Peterborough Clinic FHO requires a […]