About Us

Somerset West Community Health Centre (SWCHC) is a non-profit, community-governed organization that provides primary health care, health promotion and community development services, using interdisciplinary teams of health providers. These teams include physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, dietitians, health promoters, counsellors and others. SWCHC is sponsored and managed by an incorporated non-profit community board made up of members of our community.

SWCHC is well known for its excellent community health centre model and its professional health services team, but it has also become a leader in offering a wide range of social services, community-building activities and advocacy programs.

Our services and programs are designed to meet the specific needs of our community. In addition, SWCHC provides a variety of health promotion and illness prevention services which focus on addressing and raising awareness of the broader social determinants of health such as employment, education, environment, isolation, social exclusion and poverty.

In the past three years SWCHC has registered 6647 new clients!

In April 2011 Somerset West Community Health Centre again entered into a multi-year service accountability agreement with the Champlain Local Health Integrated Network (the LHIN). For details please click on Service Accountability Agreement.  As part of this agreement the board chair signs a Declaration of Compliance twice per year.

The M-SAA agreement includes a number of performance standards that we have to meet. Our progress towards meeting these targets are included in our Balanced Scorecard.

ONE MISSION, FOUR GOALS, TWENTY STRATEGIES. At our Annual General Meeting in June 2010 our membership approved our Strategic Directions 2010-2013. (Link to document). Over the next three years SWCHC staff and Board will work with our community partners to realize these goals.

"SWCHC is a well-established organization, but is not just content with past successes. Those involved at all levels of the organization share a passion for their work and respect for each other. They continually reflect on past practise and work to improve what they do in the interests of SWCHC clients and community. The solutions they find to address multiple barriers faced by some clients are unique and creative. They are not afraid to take risks and fortunately these have paid off in a centre that is well regarded by its community, educational partners and clients."

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