Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) are registered nurses who have completed specialized education and clinical preparation in medical forensic care for patients who have experienced sexual assault or abuse. Delivered...
Sexual Health Clinics offer confidential, inclusive, and accessible sexual health care services for Nova Scotians.
They are not primary care clinics, and the services offered at each clinic across...
Social Workers help with:
Your doctor or other health care provider may ask you to provide a specimen sample (e.g. urine, stool, semen, etc.) for testing. There are drop off locations around the province.
You...
The Spine Assessment Clinic is a new program to Nova Scotia Health, with the first patients seen in October of 2023. The intent of the Spine Assessment Clinic is to...
Nova Scotia Health’s STI Care Now program offers free, confidential self-testing kits and virtual care to Nova Scotians aged 15 years and older seeking testing for gonorrhea, chlamydia, and HIV...
The Sunshine Room is a calm and welcoming environment for cancer patients in a newly renovated space at the Victoria General site of the QEII Health Sciences Centre. ...
Support groups may be offered at the Cancer Centres in Halifax and Sydney, and in the community where you live. These groups may be held in person, through virtual care...
Systemic Therapy is any type of drug that spreads throughout the whole body to treat cancer. These drugs may be given intravenously (IV), by pill, or by injection. The type...
The Take- Home Cancer Drug Fund is a fund available through the Nova Scotia Health Authority's Cancer Care Program. The fund helps patients who are faced with very high costs...