By Nayo Upshaw
Nurse practitioner Heidi Fairbanks-Smith values the community connections she’s been able to establish.
“I like the social aspect and personal connections; I know a lot of people and they know me,” said Fairbanks-Smith, who works out of the River Hebert Primary Health Care clinic.
Every day is different for Fairbanks-Smith, an important member of her clinic’s collaborative health care team.
Read moreBy Deidre Taylor
When Wendy Brenton moved back to Truro after 25 years, first living in Ontario and then the United States, she called her previous family doctor to see if he would be willing to accept her as a patient again.
“Understandably, he couldn’t take me back, since he was planning to retire soon.”
She called a number of family practices, and her sister told her to add her name to the Need a Family Practice registry.
Read moreBy Deidre Taylor
Elmer and Gladys Dow moved to the Parrsboro area from Barrie, Ont., last January to care for his mother, who was 103 years old.
When applying for a Nova Scotia MSI card from Access Nova Scotia, he asked about finding a family doctor, and was directed to sign up with NSHA’s Need a Family Practice registry.
Also new to Nova Scotia and without a primary care provider, Kathy and Jim Kurchak moved to Springhill from Winnipeg to retire.
Read moreLearn how the team at the Collaborative Family Practice in Springhill are making their healthcare model work for their community, and their work-life balance.
Read moreThe Springhill Communities in Bloom organized a Teddy Bear Picnic fundraiser, held on July 22 in Lion’s Park. The Springhill Primary Health Care team volunteered at the on-site Teddy Bear Hospital.
Read moreBy Margaret Angus
(Published in Nova Scotia Health's 2017/18 Annual Report)
"I liked it from Day One," Len Thomas said of his experience as a patient at the Eastside Collaborative Care Centre. He has been a patient at this collaborative practice in New Glasgow for the past five years.
Read moreFind out how the collaborative family practice model is helping connect residents of Westville, Nova Scotia with new primary care providers.
Read moreBy Sam Macdonald
(Published in The News)
The Nova Scotia Health Authority gave residents of Pictou County an update on what it is doing to cope with a province-wide shortage of primary care physicians, and what measures are in place to make sure people get the care they need, on Wednesday evening.
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