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Primary Care Clinics

A primary care clinic provides short-term primary medical care for people on the Need a Family Practice Registry.

  • Your appointment may be provided in-person or virtually depending on your needs and the resources available at each clinic.
  • Primary care clinics do not offer walk-in services. All appointments must be pre-booked, and are for people who do not have a family doctor or nurse practitioner.
  • If you do not have a primary care provider, please add your name to the Need a Family Practice Registry online.
  • People on the registry, including those who are patients of a primary care clinic, are assisted with finding a primary care provider in their area when Nova Scotia Health is aware of family practices accepting new patients.

Accessing this Clinic, Program or Service

Antigonish 

Mediplex
40 Church Street, Antigonish, NS 
B2G 2C7

*This clinic only books appointments for referrals from the Emergency Department, Diagnostic Imaging, Women’s and Children Health, Oncology, and Virtual Care Nova Scotia.

Appointments cannot be booked directly and there are no walk-in appointments.
Phone: 902-735-3220

The Bayer’s Lake Primary Care Clinic sees both attached patients who are taken from the Need A Family Practice Registry and unattached patients who are referred to a primary care clinic such as Bayer’s Lake. Unattached patients are referred directly from the VirtualCareNS platform.

By referral only. Appointments cannot be booked directly and there are no walk-in appointments.

This Primary Care Clinic contacts people on the registry directly by phone or email to make an appointment, in chronological order, based on when your name has been added to the list. 

Phone: 902-527-1800, Option 6

wed Oct 23 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
thu Oct 24 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
fri Oct 25 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
sat Oct 26 Unavailable
sun Oct 27 Unavailable
mon Oct 28 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
tue Oct 29 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Colchester County

316 Willow Street, Suite 205 
Truro NS 
B2N 5A4

Call between 9:00am and 4:00pm, Monday to Friday to book a same day/next day appointment. 

Phone: 902-843-2577

wed Oct 23 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
thu Oct 24 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
fri Oct 25 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
sat Oct 26 Unavailable
sun Oct 27 Unavailable
mon Oct 28 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
tue Oct 29 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Cumberland County

Advocate Harbour, Amherst, Parrsboro, Pugwash, River Hebert and Springhill.

Call between 9:00am and 12:00pm, Monday through Friday to make an appointment.  
Tel:  1-855-597-2420

Dartmouth South Primary Care Clinic

380 Portland Street
Dartmouth MS
B2Y 1K8
(902) 465-7302

The Dartmouth South Primary Care Clinic sees both attached patients who are taken from the Need A Family Practice Registry and unattached patients who receive a referral for in-person care from VirtualCareNS.

Digby and Area Primary Care Clinic and Collaborative Family Practice 

Digby and Area Health Services Centre, 
71 West Street
Digby NS B0V 1A0

By appointment only.

Call 902-245-1307.

wed Oct 23 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
thu Oct 24 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
fri Oct 25 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
sat Oct 26 Unavailable
sun Oct 27 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
mon Oct 28 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
tue Oct 29 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

This clinic accepts limited same-day and next-day appointments.  Call 1-833-710-0110 for availability.  Telephone lines open starting at 8 a.m., Monday to Friday. There is limited availability and appointments will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis.  

The available appointments could be at any one of four locations:

wed Oct 23 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
thu Oct 24 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
fri Oct 25 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
sat Oct 26 Unavailable
sun Oct 27 Unavailable
mon Oct 28 Unavailable
tue Oct 29 Unavailable

Glace Bay

Senator's Health Centre
633 Main St, Suite 301

Please call for an appointment: 902-842-2794

Kentville

(Kings & Annapolis Primary Care Clinic)

70 Exhibition Street, Suite 210 Kentville, NS B4N 4K9

This location is for people in the area who are on the Need a Family Practice Registry*.  You can call 1-866-400-0060 from Monday - Friday. Offices are open from 8:30am - 4:00pm with phone lines available between 9:00am - 3:30pm. Appointments are dependent on provider availability, as a first come, first serve basis.

Booked appointments could be by phone or at any one of three locations:

wed Oct 23 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
thu Oct 24 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
fri Oct 25 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
sat Oct 26 Unavailable
sun Oct 27 Unavailable
mon Oct 28 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
tue Oct 29 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Northside Primary Care Clinic

North Sydney Mall, 116 King St., Unit 23B
North Sydney, Nova Scotia

NEW LOCATION*

Please call for an appointment:  902-794-5400

wed Oct 23 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
thu Oct 24 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
fri Oct 25 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
sat Oct 26 Unavailable
sun Oct 27 Unavailable
mon Oct 28 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
tue Oct 29 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Pictou County PCC

688A East River Road, New Glasgow, NS B2H 3S8

Call between 8:30am – 4:30pm, Monday through Friday to make a same day appointment.

Phone: 902-752-8643

By referral only. Appointments cannot be booked directly and there are no walk-in appointments. 

This Primary Care Clinic contacts people on the registry directly by phone or email to make an appointment, in chronological order, based on when your name has been added to the list. 

Shelburne Family Practice Care Clinic 

1608 Lake Road 
Shelburne, NS B0T 1W0 

Please call 902-875-2321 for information on upcoming clinics or follow Shelburne Family Practice on Facebook for clinic dates. 

(Kings & Annapolis Primary Care Clinic)
462 Main Street Middleton, NS B0S 1P0


This location is for people in the area who are on the Need a Family Practice Registry*.  You can call 1-866-400-0060 from Monday - Friday. Offices are open from 8:30am - 4:00pm with phone lines available between 9:00am - 3:30pm. Appointments are dependent on provider availability, as a first come, first serve basis. 

Booked appointments could be by phone or at any one of three locations:

All appointments must be pre-booked. No Walk-ins.

Call 902-527-5239 on Monday mornings to book an appointment. The phone will be answered at 8:30 a.m. until the appointments are full.

You will be given the next available appointment in the After Hours Clinic for the week.  Once the clinic is full for the week you will be directed on when to call to book appointments for the following week.

wed Oct 23 8:30 am - 8:30 pm
thu Oct 24 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
fri Oct 25 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
sat Oct 26 Unavailable
sun Oct 27 Unavailable
mon Oct 28 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
tue Oct 29 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Sydney

Membertou Sport and Recreation Centre
East Entrance, 1200 - 95 Maillard Street

Call 902-563-8056 to book an appointment       

wed Oct 23 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
thu Oct 24 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
fri Oct 25 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
sat Oct 26 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
sun Oct 27 Unavailable
mon Oct 28 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
tue Oct 29 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

This clinic accepts limited same-day and next-day appointments.  Call 1-833-710-0110 for availability.  Telephone lines open starting at 8 a.m., Monday to Friday. There is limited availability and appointments will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis.  

The available appointments could be at any one of four locations:

Yarmouth Primary Care Clinic 

(Level 0, Building B) 

 By appointment only for Yarmouth County residents without a physician or nurse practitioner 

This Primary Care Clinic contacts people on the registry directly by phone and email. to make an appointment, in chronological order, based on when your name has been added to the list.
By appointment only 

Phone: 902-749-2556

Accessing Primary Care

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