Decision on Southeast Health Office Closures Deferred to Next Month

Decision on Southeast Health office closures deferred to next month

A second thought has been given to close eight leased satellite offices in the Southeast Health Region, including a few locally. The Southeast Health Board of Directors passed a motion on Wednesday to have Medical Officer of Health Doctor Piotr Oglaza reconsider shuttering offices in Trenton, Picton, and Napanee, among others. This includes having a report come to the December 17 Board meeting outlining the criteria that was used to make this de…

Southeast Public Health announces major 7 office closure

Southeast Public Health to close seven leased offices across the region by March 1, 2026, as part of a restructuring plan aimed at reducing costs and shifting to a new rural service delivery model. The closures affect locations in Almonte, Gananoque, Kemptville, Napanee, Perth, Picton, and Trenton. SEPH will also discontinue operations at its owned office in Cloyne due to low usage and space limitations. Services will continue in the leased Banc…

‘Optimizing operations’: Health unit closing 8 satellite offices, including Trenton, Picton

socastcmsRssStartOldies 100.9 News staffsocastcmsRssEnd Less than a year after a voluntary health unit merger, the newly-created Southeast Public Health has announced plans to “refocus rural service delivery,” and close eight satellite offices, including in Trenton and Picton, as of next March. As previously reported, the Southeast Public Health unit was made up of the agencies formerly known as Hastings Prince Edward Public Health, Kingston, F…

Southeast Public Health to close Napanee office amid rural service restructuring

Napanee’s Public Health office will be closing March 1, 2026 as part of a larger consolidating and restructuring plan released by Southeast Public Health. Napanee’s office, which is leased out of 99 Advance Ave, is one of eight rural offices that will be vacated by the end of next April. “Over the last several months, Southeast Public Health (SEPH) has been critically assessing the best way to serve the southeast region as a unified agency,” rea…