About the South East LHIN

Our Vision:

Achieving better health through proactive, integrated and responsive health care in partnership with an informed community.

What does that mean?

Better health: improvement in individual/population health

Proactive: promotion, prevention, treatment

Integrated: seamless, value for money

Responsive: timely access to care

Partnership: working together

Informed community: knowing how to access the system and knowing how to maintain good health

The South East LHIN is home to close to 500,000 people. It has a sizeable rural population with 44% of its residents living in communities of fewer than 10,000 people. One-quarter of the South East population resides in Kingston.

Corporate Providers and Services

In fiscal 2004/2005, the range of health care corporate providers and services located within the South East LHIN included, but was not limited to:

• Hospitals – 6 acute care corporations and 2 specialty chronic and rehabilitation corporations;
• Cancer Centres – 1 organization;
• Long-Term Care Homes – 35 homes;
• Community Care Access Centres (CCACs);
• Children’s Treatment Centres (CTCs) – 2 organizations;
• Community Health Centres (CHCs) – 4 organizations;
• Community Mental Health Services – 16 organizations;
• Community Support Services – 14 organizations; and
• Substance Abuse Programs – 8 organizations.