Routine IT maintenance on Wednesday, December 17 will cause service interruptions between midnight and 6:00am affecting the YourHealthNS app and on-line appointment booking including COVID-19 testing, blood collection, X-Ray, EKG and the Need a Family Practice Registry. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Need a Family Practice Registry Update, April 2025
As of April 1, 2025, there are 93,682 Nova Scotians on the Need a Family Practice Registry.
The last published number was on March 3, 2025, when there were 95,875 Nova Scotians on the registry.
In total, 2,193 people were attached or removed as a result of ongoing validation work that confirmed they have a provider in March 2025. The percentage of the population on the registry is 8.8.
Nova Scotia Health will next update the registry in early May.