About Us
Chatham-Kent Alliance (CKHA) is a 300-bed community hospital, equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and technologies. Formed in 1998, CKHA is committed to core service excellence, top-flight operational performance and to becoming a facility of choice in Southwestern Ontario. With campuses in Chatham and Wallaceburg, CKHA is comprised of 1350 staff, 125 physicians and 550 volunteers who care for tens of thousands of inpatients, outpatients and emergency patients annually.
Chatham-Kent Health Alliance delivers quality care to residents of Chatham-Kent, South Lambton and Walpole Island.
We are:
- A proud partnership of 3 hospital corporations
- Linked to tertiary centres in London, Windsor and beyond
- A national leader for clinical technology
- Academically officiated with the Schulich School of Medicine—UWO
- A Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) as designated by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO)
- One of Canada’s Top 100 Employers — 2009 + 2010
- One of the first organizations in Ontario to earn a gold level Quality Healthcare Workplace Award
- A winner of several provincial awards for employment excellence, information technology, communications and pollution prevention
Our Core Clinical Programs include:
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Emergency & Community Health
- Medicine Program
- Mental Health & Addictions
- Rehabilitation/Complex Continuing Care
- Surgical Program
- Women & Children’s Health
We Offer:
- MRI and CT scanner
- Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS)
- A provincially designated District Stroke Centre
- An Ontario Breast Screening Satellite program, which includes becoming one of nineteen programs in Ontario to be a High Risk Breast Centre
- A Dialysis Satellite program
- An Oncology referral program for Windsor Regional Hospital Cancer Centre and London Regional Cancer Centre
- Neonatal Intensive Care unit (NICU)
- Complex Continuing Care and Rehabilitation
- Shorter wait times for orthopaedic and cataract surgery than elsewhere in Ontario
- An Early Psychosis Intervention program for Youth
- Invested in patient and staff safety and quality initiatives
- Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic at Sydenham Campus
Our Model of Care is
- Patient and Family-Centred, with an average patient satisfaction rate of over 93%
For a complete list of services, click here.