South Shore Regional Hospital

Patients must book appointments by calling the clinic. No walk-in patients are accepted.

Call 902-527-5239 on Monday mornings to book an appointment. The phone will be answered at 8:30 a.m. until the appointments are full.

You will be given the next available appointment in the After Hours Clinic for the week.  Once the clinic is full for the week you will be directed on when to call to book appointments for the following week.

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.

Any health care provider may refer a patient, or a patient or family member can refer themselves.

Contact:
Heather Brander: 902-867-4500, ext 4707; 
heather.brander@nshealth.ca

Marya Boast: 902-867-4500, ext 4707; 
marya.boast@nshealth.ca

A physician or nurse practitioner's referral is required (sent by fax to 902-543-8895)  and you must be a patient with a history of:

• angina pectoris
• acute coronary syndrome (heart attacks or unstable angina)
• percutaneous coronary intervention (stenting)
• coronary bypass surgery, valve replacement or cardiac transplant
• peripheral arterial disease
• cerebrovascular accident (brain attack) or transient ischemic attacks (mini stroke)
• chronic heart failure and/or cardiomyopathy
• Or at least three major cardiovascular risk factors (based on the 2009 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines) (smoking, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, family history of coronary artery disease in relatives under age 60).

tel: 902-543-4604 x 2222 for more information
fax: 902-543-8895

A referral from your doctor or nurse practitioner is required.

Tel: 1-877-742-2571

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. 

Tel: 902-740-2881
Fax: 902-742-8418
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  - Referral Form (.pdf) 

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

Contact:
Tel: 902-473-3600

General inquiries:
Tel: 1-877-742-2571

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

A referral from your doctor or nurse practitioner is required.

Contact:

Tel: 902-527-2417
Monday to Friday

Program Details

Bridgewater and Area Family Health Clinic

This is an outpatient clinic directed by Cardiology and lead by a Nurse (RN/NP) with specialty training in Chronic Heart Failure (CHF). This clinic offers outpatient education for patients and family caregivers living with CHF. Referrals must be initiated by a physician or nurse practitioner. Two referral options are available for patients in this clinic: · Education and lifestyle counseling, exercise prescription and chronic disease management follow-up by our Heart Failure Nurse (RN) Specialist and Registered Dietitian. · It includes:

• Initiating appropriate heart failure medications
• Drug titrations to target evidence-based doses
• Early intervention for acute decompensation
• Clinical investigations as appropriate to identify and correct any reversible causes of heart failure
• Education, counseling and exercise prescription with ongoing chronic disease management follow-up

You will need a referral from the Orthopedic Assessment Clinic.

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: 902-742-3541

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

Pre-habilitation Program
Tel: 902-742-3541

Referrals are accepted from physicians and NPs by fax

Contact

ph: 902-543-4604 x 2222 
fax: 902-543-8895

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

Contact:

Tel: 1-877-742-2571

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

Pre-habilitation Program
Tel: 902-742-3541

Tel: 1-877-742-2571

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

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

Contact:

Tel: 1-877-742-2571

Contact

Tel: (902) 742-3542 x 1774

Tel: 902-794-3236
Fax: 902-794-8946

Cathy’s Place, a resource room for cancer patients and families, is located at St. Martha’s Hospital in Antigonish. It has a computer with internet access and there are wigs, hats and turbans available for patients free of charge. It is staffed by volunteers. Cathy’s Place is open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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: 902-742-3542 ext. 1132

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

Contact

Day Surgery
Tel: 902-742-3541 ext. 1778

Located omn the 1st Floor, Building C

To get an appointment at the Pre-anaesthesia Clinic,  you must  be referred by your Surgeon or the  Registered Nurse in the Pre-admission Clinic

Contact

Tel: 902-867-4500 x 4498 or 902-867-4500 x 4466

Located on level 2

Second Floor Building A

Tel: 902-742 3542x1459

Yarmouth Primary Care Clinic 

(Level 0, Building B) 

 By appointment only for Yarmouth County residents without a physician or nurse practitioner 

This Primary Care Clinic contacts people on the registry directly by phone and email. to make an appointment, in chronological order, based on when your name has been added to the list.
By appointment only 

Phone: 902-749-2556

A referral from your doctor or nurse practitioner is required.

902-527-2417

Program information
Aggressive treatment after a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) is extremely important in preventing a second, potentially disabling stroke. The 90 day risk of recurrent stroke after TIA is 10-20% with half of those strokes occurring within the first 2 days.  Further, the 7 day risk can be as high as 36%. Timely stroke prevention medical therapy and carotid endarterectomy (CEA) have been shown to significantly reduce the risk of a major stroke after an initial TIA. The maximum benefit from CEA occurs when the surgery is completed within 2 weeks of the initial TIA; thus, leading to the urgency for assessment, testing and diagnostics.

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 1-833-577-SANE (7263)

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

Contact:

Tel: 1-877-742-2571

Open to patients with no provider from across Nova Scotia

Call 902-742-3542x1459 (Megan LeBlanc, Nurse Practitioner)

A referral (requisition) from your primary care provider and an appointment are required for an x-ray.

General inquiries:
Tel: 1-877-742-2571

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.