The Northwestern Health Unit says its the first in the region to be accredited by the Ontario Council on Community Health Accreditation.
Alex Berry was the team lead for the accreditation process and says it took about three years to complete.
"What it really tells the community is that we have met the standards of excellence for public health in Ontario," says Berry, "and that as an organization we are committed to ongoing quality improvement and ongoing managing of our services and evaluating of ours services to know that we are doing good work."
Of the 36 health units in the province, just fourteen are accredited.
