Community health centres about

Community health centers quickly demonstrated they could put additional federal investments to work, ramping up to provide care for an increased numbers of patients and expand their services.

In contrast to solo practitioner models, Community Health Centres offer high-quality primary care through a collaborative team approach.
Social workers, family physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, dietitians, chiropodists, dental hygienists, therapists and other clinicians provide services in a team environment, based on patient needs.

Community Health Centres place a strong em- phasis on community engagement and civic participation in health and health care, which often includes the participation of local com- munity members in the governance of the local health centre

A patient experiences integrated care as a smooth process of assis- tance and care, provided by various primary disciplines

In a community health centre, both the patients’ care needs and public interest are taken into ac- count