Our purpose at the Women's Health Care Centre is to enable women to increase control over, and improve their health by providing quality health care.

Women from Peterborough, Northumberland and Haliburton Counties and City of Kawartha Lakes are welcome at the Women's Health Care Centre. We work to eliminate barriers to health which are created by discrimination on the basis of income, age, race, religion, national origin, marital status, physical ability or sexual orientation.

We are committed to social justice in the elimination of language, actions, and social structures that express violence.

We believe that with information and support women can make safe, informed choices about any aspect of their health. With information and support we believe that women can avoid certain health problems, and better understand their options when problems do occur. In this way, women can take more responsibility for their health.

The Women's Health Care Centre is holistic in its approach. That is, we believe that a person's health is affected by many factors - physical health, emotional health, and spiritual health, as well as the social and economic conditions of their lives. At the Centre, we encourage women to consider all of these factors when making decisions about their health.

The staff and volunteers at the Centre are committed and knowledgeable women with training and understanding of women’s health issues. We provide information, support, counselling, and treatment. We also refer people to other health professionals and organizations in the community. We work closely with other health workers, community groups, and others concerned with women’s health care. We make every effort to provide confidential services to everyone coming to the Centre.

We do not duplicate the services of doctors or organizations already working in the community. Instead, we look for gaps in the available services for women. We then either encourage others to fill these gaps, or we attempt to fill them ourselves. In this way we hope to expand the range of quality health services for women in our community.