Dartmouth General Hospital

A physician referral is required to access this service.

Contact:
902-465-8318

How do I change or cancel an appointment?
Please call toll free at (1-844-473-2665). You will be asked to select the location of your appointment and service.

You will be connected with a team member who can cancel your appointment and help arrange for a new appointment. 

To book a screening appointment, women over the age of 40 who have no breast problems and no breast implants may self-refer by calling:

HRM: 473-3960

Toll-Free: 1-800-565-0548

A file will be made for you when you Call to book your screening mammogram appointment that includes your name, date of birth, mailing address and health card number. You do not need to have a doctor’s referral to make an appointment. However, please provide us with the name of your family doctor so that we can forward information regarding your mammogram results.

This service is available for all asymptomatic women over the age of 40 who have a current Canadian Health Card. Please have your health card ready when you call.

A referral from your doctor or nurse practitioner is required.

Tel: 902-465-8598

How do I cancel/change my appointment?

Please call toll free at 1-844-I-REBOOK (1-844-473-2665). You will be asked to select the location of your CT scan appointment.

You will be connected with a team member who can cancel your appointment and help arrange for a new appointment. 

Clinicians receive referrals from various referral sources, depending on the service required.  If you require additional information, please phone 902-473-8444.

Contact

Inpatient Locations:

• Medicine – Dartmouth General Hospital 4W, 4E, 3W and 3E
• Surgery and Orthopedics - Dartmouth General Hospital 3E
• Outpatient Physiotherapy – Dartmouth General Hospital 2nd Floor

Ambulatory Care Locations:

• Dialysis - Dartmouth General Hospital 1st Floor
• Emergency Department - Dartmouth General Hospital 2nd Floor

The Early Mobility Program is for patients aged 65+ in hospital who are moving well, but may be at risk of losing strength and mobility while in hospital are assessed by a member of the care team using the Clinical Frailty Scale. This could happen in the emergency department or on an inpatient unit. Based on their level of frailty, they may be referred to our Early Mobility Program during their hospital stay. If you have any questions about the Mobility Program, please ask a member of your care team.

A physician referral is required and appointments are booked in advance.

Contact:
Tel: 902-465-8302

This is not a referral based program. The FLS Nurse will proactively identify patients presenting with the appropriate fracture types and follow up with them either as an inpatient or in the outpatient orthopaedic clinic.

The FLS clinic is located in room 1906
Tel: 902-465-8402
Fax: 902-460-4142

A completed referral form and updated X-rays are required to process the referral. Primary health care providers will need to arrange to have X-rays completed within one year, with specific views as indicated on the referral form.

Contact:

Switchboard: 902-465-8300

Note - This is not an Orthopedic Assessment Clinic (OAC) or Pre-habilitation Program Location

A completed referral form and updated X-rays are required to process the referral. Primary health care providers will need to arrange to have X-rays completed within one year, with specific views as indicated on the referral form.

Contact:

Switchboard: 902-465-8300

Note - This is not an Orthopedic Assessment Clinic (OAC) or Pre-habilitation Program Location

A referral from your doctor is required to access this service

Contact:

Tel: 902-473-3618

Tel: 902-465-8318

Women or men that have symptoms of a breast problem should to go to the family doctor and get a referral.  

Women over the age of 40 with no breast problems or implants may self-refer by calling the numbers below. Please have your health card number ready when you call.

HRM: 902-473-3960 or Toll-Free: 1-800-565-0548

The majority of patients are seen initially for a consultation appointment only. Following the consult, a decision is made regarding the necessity and timing of surgery.

Patients must be referred by a physician or dentist to be seen in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery clinic.

Referrals must include the patient’s name, date of birth, health card number/expiry date, phone numbers for day and evening and a complete mailing address with postal code.

Referral forms may be mailed, faxed or emailed to: 
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 
Victoria General Hospital 
1276 South Park Street 
Halifax, Nova Scotia 
B3H 2Y9 
Fax: 902-473-6855 
Email: omfsbooking@cdha.nshealth.ca

Contact:

Tel: 902-473-2070 
Fax: 902-473-6855 

If your primary care provider (family doctor, nurse practitioner etc.) believes you may benefit from orthopedic surgery they will make a referral to an Orthopedic surgeon. After receiving their referral the surgeon’s office will schedule an appointment with you.

Within the Central Zone – Halifax area, Eastern Shore and West Hants, patients will often be scheduled for a Halifax area, Eastern Shore, West Hants referrals are managed through the Orthopedic Assessment Clinic and you will be scheduled for an appointment with the clinic. In all other areas referrals are made directly to surgeons offices and you will be contacted for an appointment.

You can learn more about wait times for surgical consults and surgeries here.

Physiotherapists are primary care professionals which means you can complete an Outpatient Self Referral to go directly to a physiotherapist.

In some circumstances your physician may be required to complete an Outpatient Physiotherapy Referral on your behalf.

Contact

Tel: 902-465-8303
Fax: 902-465-8304

SANE services are supportive, nonjudgmental and confidential. SANE care can be provided to you by doing one of the following:

• Go to any open emergency department. At those centres where SANE Program response is provided, the staff will call the SANE. At other locations, staff will coordinate care or provide information regarding nearest SANE response site.
• Call local police or RCMP
• Through your primary health care provider
• Call the SANE 24 hour response line for this area at 902-425-0122 or 902-442-2492

Referrals to an NSH social worker can be made by patients, family members, friends, community agencies and/or any member of the inter-disciplinary health care team.

Contact

902-465-8530

*This office has relocated to room 1512 due to renovations

A referral from your primary care provider is required to access this service.

Contact:

Tel: 902-465-8598

A referral (requisition) from your primary care provider and an appointment are required for an x-ray.

All bookings can be made by calling 902-473-7771 or toll-free at 1-833-952-2782

Patients with requisitions for general x-rays can book an appointment at this location online at https://booking.nshealth.ca or call 902-473-7771 or toll-free at 1-833-952-2782, Monday to Friday, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. to schedule an appointment.