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Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre

The modern new Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre offers appointment-based services and clinics in a convenient location. Clinics include endocrinology, medicine, plastic surgery and orthopedic surgery assessment, eye care, diagnostic imaging, blood collection, renal dialysis and rehabilitation. 

Please note: Walk-in and emergency services are not available at this location.

Contact

General Inquiries
(902) 876-6400

Patient Inquiries
(902) 473-1510

Parking

$2 for 2 hours, $8 a day max

Bus route

Halifax Transit route #28 stops at centre seven days a week

Cafeteria

There is a coffee kiosk available during limited hours.

Wifi

Public wifi available

Virtual Tour

After Hours Clinics

thu Nov 21 Closed
fri Nov 22 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
sat Nov 23 Closed
sun Nov 24 Closed
mon Nov 25 Closed
tue Nov 26 Closed
wed Nov 27 Closed

This clinic forms a group of local primary care providers (family doctor or nurse practitioner) who rotate to provide care to each other’s patients after hours, on evenings or weekends. These clinics are only available to patients who belong to the primary care providers who are participating. Patients must book appointments by calling the clinic. No walk-in patients are accepted. 

The booking line phone number is available from participating provider clinics.

Blood Collection Location

Diabetes Centre

Patients requiring Endocrinology care are required to have a referral sent to 902-473-5912.

Please note that this location is a satellite clinic that provides additional space for Victoria General QEII Endocrinologists to see their clients.  All referrals are handled at the Victoria General QEII Endocrinology clinic

General inquiries:
Tel: 902-473-3723

Clinics, Programs and Services

After Hours Clinics

Offered at 8 locations

This clinic, program or service is not administered by Nova Scotia Health. Information may be out of date. Please confirm details with the clinic, program, or service provider.

After Hours Clinics provide non-emergency primary care in the evenings/and or weekends. Clinics may operate differently depending on where they are located in the province.

What to bring

When attending...

Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre

thu Nov 21 Closed
fri Nov 22 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
sat Nov 23 Closed
sun Nov 24 Closed
mon Nov 25 Closed
tue Nov 26 Closed
wed Nov 27 Closed

This clinic forms a group of local primary care providers (family doctor or nurse practitioner) who rotate to provide care to each other’s patients after hours, on evenings or weekends. These clinics are only available to patients who belong to the primary care providers who are participating. Patients must book appointments by calling the clinic. No walk-in patients are accepted. 

The booking line phone number is available from participating provider clinics.

Bone Mineral Density (BMD) Testing

Offered at 9 locations

A bone density scan measures how much calcium and other types of minerals are in an area of your bone.

The scan may help your health care provider to determine...

Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre

thu Nov 21 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
fri Nov 22 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
sat Nov 23 Closed
sun Nov 24 Closed
mon Nov 25 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
tue Nov 26 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
wed Nov 27 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

A physician referral is required to access this service.

Contact:
902-876-6429

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. 

COPD - INSPIRED COPD Outreach Program

Offered at 11 locations

The INSPIRED COPD Outreach Program brings together a team of professionals to provide education and support to people with COPD and their families in their homes to help them cope...

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Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre

thu Nov 21 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
fri Nov 22 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
sat Nov 23 Unavailable
sun Nov 24 Unavailable
mon Nov 25 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
tue Nov 26 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
wed Nov 27 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Tel: 902-719-6194
Fax: 902-425-4191
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.

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Endocrinology Clinic

Offered at 2 locations

Endocrinology provides specialized care to patients with hormonal and metabolic disorders. Ambulatory Clinics within Endocrinology includes:

  • Diabetes Management
    • Insulin Pump Clinics & Education Classes
  • Lipid Clinic
  • Halifax Neuropituitary Program
    • Atlantic...

Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre

Patients requiring Endocrinology care are required to have a referral sent to 902-473-5912

General inquiries:
Tel: 902-473-3723

Eye Care Centre

Offered at 2 locations

Members of the Eye Care Centre provide medical, surgical and emergency eye care services to patients across Atlantic Canada.

The Eye Care Centre features modern diagnostic and therapeutic equipment required...

Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre

thu Nov 21 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
fri Nov 22 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
sat Nov 23 Closed
sun Nov 24 Closed
mon Nov 25 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
tue Nov 26 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
wed Nov 27 7:30 am - 4:00 pm

Appointments are made upon referral only.

Referrals are accepted by family doctors, other specialty doctors, other ophthalmologists and optometrists. Urgent referrals are accepted as well, usually triaged by the Red Eye clinic team.

Facility Dialysis Units

Offered at 4 locations

Facility Dialysis Units provide hemodialysis in a hospital setting to inpatients, outpatients and patients in intensive care.  They provide support to satellite dialysis and home dialysis units in their program.

Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre

thu Nov 21 6:30 am - 6:30 pm
fri Nov 22 6:30 am - 6:30 pm
sat Nov 23 6:30 am - 6:30 pm
sun Nov 24 Closed
mon Nov 25 6:30 am - 6:30 pm
tue Nov 26 6:30 am - 6:30 pm
wed Nov 27 6:30 am - 6:30 pm

Hip and Knee Pre-habilitation Program

Offered at 9 locations

The Hip and Knee Arthritis Pre-habilitation program helps you get mentally and physically ready for joint replacement surgery, so that you can have the best possible results from your surgery...

Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre

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:

Pre-habilitation Program
Tel: 902-473-7187

Occupational Therapy

Offered at 32 locations

Occupational Therapists work at most sites within the Nova Scotia Health Authority. These therapists work in both mental health and physical medicine settings. Therapists/assistants work with inpatients and outpatients in...

Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre

thu Nov 21 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
fri Nov 22 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
sat Nov 23 Unavailable
sun Nov 24 Unavailable
mon Nov 25 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
tue Nov 26 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
wed Nov 27 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Occupational Therapists are primary care professionals (just like doctors and dentists) which means you can complete an Outpatient Self Referral to go directly to an occupational therapist. In some circumstances your physician may be required to complete a Physician Outpatient Referral Form -  on your behalf.

Contact

Tel: 902-473-4628
Fax: 902-473-4872

Orthopedic Assessment Clinic OAC

Offered at 6 locations

Orthopedic Assessment Clinics are located throughout the province (see list below) to help patients with hip and/or knee arthritis better manage their pain and increase their quality of life.

After...

Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre

If your primary care provider (family doctor, nurse practitioner etc.) believes you may benefit from joint replacement surgery they will make a referral to an Orthopedic Assessment Clinic. After receiving their referral the OAC team will schedule an appointment with you

Referral form*

*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

Halifax Orthopedic Assessment Clinic
Tel: 902-473-1501 

Orthopedic Surgery

Offered at 6 locations

Orthopedic surgeons provide orthopedic surgeries at various hospitals across the province. These surgeries fall include:

Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre

thu Nov 21 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
fri Nov 22 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
sat Nov 23 Closed
sun Nov 24 Closed
mon Nov 25 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
tue Nov 26 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
wed Nov 27 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Physiotherapy

Offered at 39 locations

Physiotherapy is the health care profession dedicated to enhancing and restoring your mobility through a variety of hands-on treatments, education and exercise prescription.

Physiotherapists are university-educated experts who can help...

Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre

thu Nov 21 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
fri Nov 22 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
sat Nov 23 Closed
sun Nov 24 Closed
mon Nov 25 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
tue Nov 26 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
wed Nov 27 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Phone: 902-473-1288
Fax: 902-876-6630
 

Primary Care Clinics

Offered at 17 locations

A primary care clinic provides short-term primary medical care for people on the Need a Family Practice Registry.

  • Your appointment may be provided in-person or virtually depending on your...

Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre

The Bayer’s Lake Primary Care Clinic sees both attached patients who are taken from the Need A Family Practice Registry and unattached patients who are referred to a primary care clinic such as Bayer’s Lake. Unattached patients are referred directly from the VirtualCareNS platform.

Spine Assessment Clinic

Offered at 1 location

The Spine Assessment Clinic is a new program to Nova Scotia Health, with the first patients seen in October of 2023.  The intent of the Spine Assessment Clinic is to...

Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre

thu Nov 21 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
fri Nov 22 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
sat Nov 23 Closed
sun Nov 24 Closed
mon Nov 25 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
tue Nov 26 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
wed Nov 27 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

You must be referred by a primary care provider to access this clinic.

Phone - 902-473-1935
Fax - 902-425-4789

Ultrasound

Offered at 21 locations

Ultrasounds are used to view and take pictures of the organs inside your body. It uses high-frequency sound waves which cannot be heard. These sound waves bounce off of tissues...

Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre

thu Nov 21 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
fri Nov 22 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
sat Nov 23 Closed
sun Nov 24 Closed
mon Nov 25 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
tue Nov 26 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
wed Nov 27 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

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

General inquiries:
Tel: 902-876-6429

Ultrasound is only available to adult (16+) patients at this location.

X-Ray

Offered at 41 locations

An x-ray takes images of internal body structures (bones and soft tissue) to help see an injury or disease. The x-ray using energy sources such as the high frequency electromagnetic...

Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre

thu Nov 21 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
fri Nov 22 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
sat Nov 23 Closed
sun Nov 24 Closed
mon Nov 25 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
tue Nov 26 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
wed Nov 27 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

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

General inquiries:
Tel: 902-876-6429

Services are only available to adult (16+) patients at this location.

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.

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