Wellesley Township Community Health Centre (WTCHC), in the village of Wellesley, and its second access site at the Nurse Practitioner Office in Linwood, serve a geographical catchment area (click here to see a map) that includes all of Wellesley Township, and parts of Perth County and Wilmot Township. All residents of this catchment area are eligible to access programs and services offered by WTCHC. However, people MUST be registered for primary health care with WTCHC, in order to access primary health care appointments, lab services, and on-call. Registered patients can choose their main access site for primary health care - either the health centre in the village of Wellesley or the Nurse Practitioner Office in Linwood.

WTCHC is currently accepting applications from people who wish to register with the health centre for primary health care and who do not currently have primary health care in Waterloo Region. Applicants MUST be residents of WTCHC's catchment area. To roster, you will need to fill out and return a Request to Roster form. The forms can be picked up at the Wellesley Township Community Health Centre (WTCHC). You can also download the Request to Roster form here and mail it to the address at the top of the form.

The health centre and Nurse Practitioner Office are NOT walk-in clinics. Same-day, urgent appointments are available to registered patients, but you must call first to make an appointment.

Most of the programs and services at WTCHC and the Nurse Practitioner Office in Linwood focus on these 'priority populations', based on the extent of and unique nature of their health needs, and the availability of other services for these populations.

• Families with young children (0-6 years of age)
• Seniors and their caregivers
• Rural and farming families
• Youth (14-19 years of age).

All residents living in the geographical catchment area of WTCHC are eligible to attend most group programs at WCHC in St. Jacobs. Similarly, all Woolwich Township residents are eligible to attend most group programs offered by WTCHC in Wellesley.

Registration for group programs is done on a 'first come, first served' basis. Group programs are advertised in the community, in local papers, through Township service guides, the health centre website, www.wchc.on.ca, and through the health centre newsletter, UPDATE.

Because of our defined catchment area (click here to see a map) and model of working with our community, when people move out of the area, they must seek health care in their new community of residence.