The Hastings Prince Edward Ontario Heath Team (HPE OHT) is a partnership of health and human service care providers from Hastings County, Prince Edward County and the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, working in the shared purpose of “Caring for our communities together. Partnering for better health and wellness, within, and across our communities.”

The HPE OHT provides critical health and human services for an area spanning from the shores of Lake Ontario and the Bay of Quinte to Algonquin Provincial Park and beyond. An area that consists of Hastings County, the second largest county in Ontario and Prince Edward County, an island community in Lake Ontario. Both counties are set in rural Ontario and are deeply rooted in farming, agriculture, manufacturing, hospitality as well as a prime destination to live, work, grow, visit and retire.

Hastings and Prince Edward Counties, collectively, is home to four hospitals in Quinte Health’s network: Prince Edward County Memorial, Belleville General, Trenton Memorial and North Hastings. Other critical service providers include community support service agencies, dedicated primary care providers, family health teams, community health centres, nurse practitioner led clinics, addictions and mental health service agencies, and human services providers amongst a collaborative network of so many others. These agencies, collectively form what is referred to as the Collaborative. The HPE OHT catchment area serves a diverse population of more than 161, 180 people and is divided into four geographical areas, referred to as Constellations: Rural Hastings, Belleville-Tyendinaga, Prince Edward County and Quinte West. The work of the HPE OHT is collaboratively informed by various groups, councils and action teams including the Patient, Client and Partners Council and Primary Care Council. Together, these councils serve as an integral voice and change agent in the transformation of health care in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties.