Well Woman Clinics offer a variety of health-related services and health education, delivered by a female doctor or nurse. The services and days and hours of operation vary by clinic.
Location and contact information
Amherst
Dr. Tena Frizzle - For non-urgent well women's visit contact ambulatory care 902-667-5400 ext 6355 and put your name on a list for a spring or fall clinic.
Dr. Halina Bienkowski 902-667-1622 (will do Paps if patient is not comfortable with a male doctor)
Annapolis Royal
Annapolis Community Health Centre (monthly clinics scheduled)
Tel: 902-532-2324
Antigonish
Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre / Lindsay’s Health Centre for Women
Tel: 902-863-6221 (press "0" on the phone menu)
Bedford
Bedford Basin Women’s Health Clinic
967 Bedford Highway, Suite 208-B
Tel: 902-444-8726
Berwick
Western Kings Memorial Health Centre
Monthly pap clinics with female clinician.
Call Western Kings Memorial Health Centre 902-538-3111 to book an appointment.
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
Leave a message and you will recieve a call when a clinic is available (may take a couple months)
Tel: 902-543-4604 ext. 1452
Canso
Eastern Memorial
Ask for Joanne when calling to make an appointment
Tel: 902-366-2794
Cape Breton
Cancer Screening & Early Detection
Female nurse & female physician clinics
Tel: 1-877-794-5427*
*This is a central phone line for multiple locations
Dartmouth
Family Focus, Baker Drive
Available regularly
Tel: 902-420-6060
Schedule of well woman’s clinic days can be found on the Family Focus website here: https://thefamilyfocus.ca/calendar/
Digby
Tri-County Women’s Centre
Tel: 902-742-1790
Toll-free: 1-877-742-0085 (request to be transferred to book well woman’s clinic appointment)
Digby & Area Health Services Center
Tel: 902-245-1307
Glace Bay
Glace Bay Cancer Screening & Early Detection
Available regularly
Tel: 1-877-794-5427*
*This is a central phone line for multiple locations
Greenwood
Greenwood Family Health Clinic
Pap tests with female clinicians available by appointment for patients with no family doctor. Francophone clinician available.
Tel: 902-765-6340
Halifax
Family Focus – Spring Garden Road
Available regularly
Tel: 902-420-2038
Schedule of well woman’s clinic days can be found on the Family Focus website here: https://thefamilyfocus.ca/calendar/
Halifax Sexual Health Centre, Quinpool Road
Ongoing appointments available
Tel: 902-455-9656 (Press "0" to make appointment)
Inverness
Inverness Cancer Screening & Early Detection
Available regularly
Tel: 1-877-794-5427*
*This is a central phone line for multiple locations
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
Tel:902-258-3589
Kentville
The Red Door-for young women ages 13 to 30
Tel: 902-679-1411
L’Ardoise
Dr. W. B. Kingston Memorial Community Health Centre L’Ardoise
Tel: 902-587-2800, option 1 for reception
Middleton
Middleton Collaborative Practice
Well Women exams on women who have no family physician
Tel: 902-825-1095
Millbrook
Millbrook Health Centre
Available Monthly
Tel: 902-895-9468
Musquodoboit Harbour
Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital
Available once per year
Tel: 902-889-2200, ask to be transferred to book a well woman appointment
Neil’s Harbour
Buchanan Memorial Health Centre
Available monthly
Tel: 902-336-2300
New Germany (Bridgewater)
New Germany & Area Medical Center
By appointment only, press "2" for reception
Tel: 902-644-2361
New Waterford
New Waterford Hospital
Available regularly
Tel: 1-877-794-5427
*This is a central phone line for multiple locations
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
Cancer Screening & Early Detection
Phone: 1-877-794-5427*
*This is a central phone line for multiple locations
Pictou
Sutherland Harris Memorial Hospital
Nurse Practitioner
Tel: 902-485-5416
Pugwash
North Cumberland Hospital
Tel: 902-243-2521
Sheet Harbour
Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital (booked via Sexual Health Centre)
Available once per year
Tel: 902-885-3678
Shelburne
Roseway Hospital
Tel: 902-875-2321
Sherbrooke
St. Mary’s Hospital
Once per year
Tel: 902-522-2882
South Shore Regional Hospital
Leave a message, will return call when a clinic is available (may take a couple months)
Tel: 902-543-4604 ext. 1452
Sydney
Dr. Dorothy MacNeil
Tel: 902-564-6314
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
Cancer Screening & Early Detection
Available Regularly
Tel: 1-877-794-5427
*This is a central phone line for multiple locations
Dr. Hali Bauld
Tel: 902-896-2877
Offered once a month
Waycobah
Waycobah Health Centre
Availability flexible
Tel: 902-756-2156
Windsor (see clinics in Halifax)
Hants Community Hospital
Have health card number when booking
Tel: 902-792-2034
Yarmouth
The Leahey Wellness Clinic
By appointment only
Tel: 902-742-1790
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
Megan LeBlanc, Nurse Practitioner
Phone: (902) 742-3542 ext 1814
How do access these clinics?
Women interested in learning more should contact a Well Woman Clinic in their area.
