Peterborough Public Health and the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit will explore the possibility of a voluntary merger.Two health units serving the Peterborough area in central Ontario are exploring the impacts that a voluntary merger would have on their respective communities.
PPH currently serves Peterborough, Peterborough County, Hiawatha First Nation and Curve Lake First Nation. HKPR serves residents in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County and Haliburton County.Both health units note that in 2019, they explored opportunities for some shared service delivery following the province’s initial efforts to reduce the number of public health agencies from 35 to 10.
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