By 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 Aya Al-Hakim and Elizabeth McSheffrey
(Published by Global News)
Premier Stephen McNeil announced Tuesday that construction of a new primary care centre beside the Soldiers Memorial Hospital in Middleton, N.S., is set to begin this fall.
Read moreBy Mairin Prentiss
(Published by CBC News)
The Nova Scotia government is planning to build a new health centre in Middleton, N.S., that will cost $12 million, replacing an aging clinic next to Soldiers Memorial Hospital.
Read moreBy Ian Fairclough
(Published in the Chronicle Herald)
The provincial government has announced $11 million in funding for a new primary health-care centre on the grounds of Soldiers Memorial Hospital in Middleton.
Read more(Published in Nova Scotia Health's Healthier Together 2016 - 2019 Measuring Our Progress Report p. 49-50)
In 2018, we hosted 25 community conversations about collaborative family practice teams.
A collaborative family practice team includes family doctors, nurse practitioners, family practice nurses, and other health professionals working together to provide comprehensive care for patients.
Read moreBy Deidre Taylor
(Published in Nova Scotia Health's 2018/19 Annual Report)
The Shelburne collaborative family practice team opened the doors of its new primary health care clinic to patients in early February.
“This clinic space is a lot bigger and more suited to our needs,” said Dr. John Keeler, a family physician with the Shelburne Family Practice team.
“This is a space specifically for a collaborative practice. It’s a lot better for staff, providers and patients.”
Read moreBy Emily Leeson
(Published in The Grapevine)
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By Chelsea Tucker
Nurse practitioner Maria Ceschiutti always saw herself working in health care.
“I don’t know if I ever thought of myself as anybody other than a professional in health care,” said Ceschiutti, who works out of the newly constructed collaborative health care centre in Shelburne, nestled conveniently next to Roseway Hospital.
But Ceschiutti wasn’t exactly sure what role she wanted to play in the health care system until university.
Read moreThe voices of Nova Scotia's community members are vital as we work together to create a healthier future for our province.
Read moreBy Kathy Johnson
(Published in the Tri-county Vanguard)
There is good reason to celebrate the new primary heath care centre in Sandy Point, which has already attracted one primary health care provider to the area and has just upped Shelburne’s game for physician recruitment.
The opening of the $3-million facility was celebrated during an open house on Feb. 12.
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