The North Kingston Community Health Centre is funded by the Ministry of Health. The Centre delivers community-based family oriented primary care services and is similar in its philosophy and approach to the Family Medicine Centre. It is managed by a community Board of Directors which included representatives from area schools, community agencies, Public Health and consumers. The Centre was established to meet the special needs of north Kingston residents. The Centre is administered by an executive director, Charlotte Rosenbaum.
Practitioners maintain their own caseloads and referrals among health care staff are frequent.
A resident spending 2 or 3 months at N.K.C.H.C. can expect to learn from all Centre staff how to use experiential learning opportunities and participatory techniques to improve one's ability to provide health education.