Cape Breton Regional Hospital

A physician referral is required to access this service.

Contact:
902-473-3618

How do I change or cancel an appointment?
Please call 1-844-I-REBOOK (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: 902-869-6102

How do I cancel/change my appointment?

Please call 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. 

A referral from your family doctor to Nephrology is required to access this Renal Clinic.

Tel: 902-567-8067

You can refer yourself or you can be referred by a health care provider. In either case, you must call to activate your referral and express interest before you start the program. Your readiness and suitability for the program will be assessed to determine the best way to meet your needs.

Contact:

Hants Pain Self-Management Program
Tel: 902-792-2142
Fax: 902-798-9704

The Pain Self-Management Program (PSMP) can help anyone who is ready to take an active part in learning strategies to improve their quality of life and learn non-medicinal ways of managing long-term pain.
 

The PSMP philosophy recognizes that pain affects the whole person (body, mind and spirit). It builds on concepts from psychology, physiotherapy and occupational therapy to introduce strategies that can help people living with long-term pain make positive change possible.

You can benefit from the program if you are eager to: learn more about yourself, learn non-medicinal ways of managing long-term pain, and learn how thoughts, emotions and behaviour can impact your pain. 

You must be willing and open to exploring current pain science and new possibilities in pain management, as well as challenging old attitudes and beliefs. Throughout the group program you will take an active part in learning strategies to improve your quality of life and developing a new plan for living more successfully with long-term pain.

During the sessions, the facilitators present material on by blending lecture, discussion from group participants, and hands-on learning experiences.

•     Hants PSMP format: This is a 5-session in-person group program of 8 to12 people with long-term pain. It takes place in the afternoons, one session per week for 5 weeks.  The program runs 2-3 times per year.

A referral from your primary care provider (doctor or Nurse Practitioner) is required to be seen in one of our clinics.   

Contact:

Tel: 902-792-2271
Fax: 902-473-4126

Respiratory Therapy Department

Tel: 902-792-2061
Fax: 902-798-5107
email: inspired@nshealth.ca

If you are a patient with moderate or advanced COPD who meets our eligibility criteria and would like to be part of the The INSPIRED COPD Outreach Program, please ask your family physician or respirologist to fill out the INSPIRED COPD outreach Program referral form.

• The INSPIRED COPD Outreach Program  - Central Zone* Referral Form (.pdf) 

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

Contact:
Tel: 902-473-3600

General inquiries:
Tel: 902–597–7128

A referral (requisition) from your doctor and an appointment are required for an EKG.

Patients with requisitions for EKGs can book an appointment at this location online at https://booking.nshealth.ca

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 referral from the family doctor or cardiologist is required.

Contact

Located on level 2, room 2280
Tel: 902-473-3802
Fax: 902-473-8598

Program Details

Halifax Infirmary Heart Function Clinic

The Heart Function Clinic is run by Nurse Practitioners in collaboration with Cardiologists. The purpose of the clinic is to treat patients with heart failure. The focus is on management and treatment by providing education and support to improve quality of life and reduce hospital admissions.

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:

Tel: 902-717-6518

This is an Orthopedic Assessment Clinic (OAC) and Pre-habilitation Program Location

A referral is required through the Renal Programs in Halifax, Yarmouth and Sydney.

Contact

Tel: 902-567-8067

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

Contact:

Tel: 902-473-4276

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:

Tel: 902-717-6518

This is an Orthopedic Assessment Clinic (OAC) and Pre-habilitation Program Location

A referral from your doctor is required to access this service

Contact:

Tel: 902-473-3618

Tel: 902-869-6102

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

If your newborn requires neonatal services they will be transferred to the neonatal nursery.

Contact
Tel: 902-567-7839

Located on level 3

A referral from your doctor is required to access this service.

Contact:

Tel: 902-473-3618

Tel: 902-597-7165
Fax: 902-597-7100

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.

The Serenity Room at Colchester East Hants Health Center is a place that offers many supports for cancer patients and their families.

The Serenity Room is a welcoming environment where patients and or families can wait. The room is also supplied with wigs, head coverings, breast prothesis, and patient information related to cancer.

The Serenity Room is located in building A on the ground floor in the ambulatory care area (room number A1 042).

The Serenity Room at Colchester East Hants Health Center is a place that offers many supports for cancer patients and their families.

The Serenity Room is a welcoming environment where patients and or families can wait. The room is also supplied with wigs, head coverings, breast prothesis, and patient information related to cancer.

The Serenity Room is located in building A on the ground floor in the ambulatory care area (room number A1 042).

A referral from your primary care provider is required.

Contact

Tel: 902-679-2657 x 3054

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: 902-869-6116
Fax: 902-865-6018

Please contact us for information on how to access postnatal care. 

Contact

Tel: 902-679-2657 x 3050

New Mother's Resource Clinic
Tel: 902-679-2657x3054

To get an appointment at the clinic, you will be contacted by the pre-admission clerical support staff.

Contact

Pre-Admission Clinic
Tel: 902-679-2657 ext. 2845
Fax: 902-527-0614

Tel: 902-679-2657x3052

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

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

Contact:

Tel: 902-869-6102

Open to patients with no provider across NS 

Call:

• Dr. Tena Frizzle - 902 667-5400 ext 6355
• Dr. Halina Bienkowski - 902-667-1622

Your name will be added to a list for spring and fall clinics

Note: Patients must call 1-888-480-8588 (or local # 902-473-7438) to request a copy of their Pap history report be sent to Dr. Frizzle’s office via fax @ 902-667-6042.

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.