Fourteen new primary care clinics will soon open in pharmacies around the province.
This is in addition to the 31 already in practice, to make 45.
Premier Tim Houston says the entire program has been incredibly successful and will now benefit more Nova Scotians.
He says, as our population grows, and demand for care increases, pharmacists will continue to play a larger role in supporting the health and well-being of Nova Scotians.
“Our pharmacists now have the broadest scope of practice, in the world. That’s incredible when that was first mentioned to me from the National Organization, I thought they meant in the country, but they meant, in the world.”
Alison Bodnar, CEO of the Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia says they spend years developing this model and knew teams were passionate, dedicated and could deliver.
“I hoped these clinics would reinvigorate the pharmacy profession and I hoped they would make a difference. Hopes have become reality over the past 20 months, early success led to the expansion of the project.”
Bodnar says these clinics have delivered over 190,000 services to Nova Scotians as well as a reduction in ER visits across the province
Services include things like UTI assessments, pink eye, eczema and chronic health conditions.
New community pharmacy primary care clinics opening this fall:
– Boyd’s Pharmacy, 2525 Agricola St., Halifax
– Lawtons Pharmacy Clinic Scotia Square, 5201 Duke St., Halifax
– Chaulks Family Pharmasave, 366 Lacewood Dr., Halifax
– Shoppers Drug Mart, 315 Herring Cove Rd., Spryfield
– Hammonds Plains PharmaChoice, 2120 Hammonds Plains Rd., Hammonds Plains
– Shoppers Drug Mart, 4 Forest Hills Parkway, Dartmouth
– The Passage PharmaChoice, 6 Cow Bay Rd., Eastern Passage
– Mackeigans Pharmacy, 25 Mackeigans Ln., Whycocomagh
– The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy, 288 Welton St., Sydney
– Guysborough PharmaChoice, 133 Main St., Guysborough
– Midtown Pharmasave, 3435 Plummer Ave, New Waterford
– Saulnierville Pharmacy, 9999 Nova Scotia Hwy 1, Saulnierville
– Kennetcook Pharmacy,6202 Hwy. 354, unit 2, Kennetcook
– Lawtons Pharmacy Clinic, 2 Lawrence St., Suite 101, Amherst
Six Lawtons locations will also fall under the same model.
They include:
– Lawtons Pharmacy Clinic, 810 East River Rd., Suite 211, New Glasgow
– Lawtons Pharmacy Clinic, 316 Willow St., Suite 206, Truro
– Lawtons Pharmacy Clinic, 159 Cobequid Rd, Suite 201, Lower Sackville
– Lawtons Pharmacy Clinic, 20 Silver Fox Ave., Suite 202, New Minas
– Lawtons Pharmacy Clinic, 967 Bedford Hwy., Suite 201, Bedford
– Lawtons Pharmacy Clinic, 26 North St., Suite 202, Bridgewater
The province says the first community care clinics opened in February 2023.
The new clinics are set to open this fall.
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