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Get Your Flu Vaccine Visit your family doctor or local pharmacist to receive your flu vaccination this season. Throughout November 2019, our primary care providers will offer flu vaccination clinics. Flu clinics have been scheduled for The Medical Centre located on 707 Charlotte Street, The Peterborough Clinic located on 26 Hospital Drive, the Brookdale Family […]

Our Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC) is here to help us improve the patient experience at the Peterborough Family Health Team. Are you interested in: Providing feedback and ideas for initiatives that enhance the patient experience; Being a force to strengthen high-quality, patient-centred care; and Advance patient engagement and patient-centred care practices. Your Commitment: […]

We are excited to share our 2018/19 Annual Report! This report reflects on a year of hard work and successful initiatives. The past year taught us how to conquer challenges and to always find the solution to close a gap in care for our community members. Printable copy of Annual Report.

Cottagers and visitors of Peterborough County will have access to walk-in hours for care. PETERBOROUGH, ON – Cottagers and visitors of Peterborough County now have access to walk-in care twice a week. The North Kawartha Health Centre in Apsley and the PFHT Clinic in Lakefield are extending their hours and offering a walk-in service to […]

During the month of June kids will have the opportunity to take part in multiple FREE kids’ activities! Numerous activities will take place each day in different locations throughout Peterborough County. The Peterborough Gets Active calendar informs you of the many options for your kids. For details on the program, see the daily activity guide.

Join Peterborough Public Health, Peterborough Family Health Team, Green UP, For Our Grandchildren, and Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment for a FREE event on Thursday, March 28, 2019 from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. This event will be held at Peterborough Public Health at 185 King Street. For more information and details on the […]

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 […]