Walk-in Clinics

• Average Ontarian sitting a half-hour longer at walk-in clinics compared to 2022: report

  New data released from tech company Medimap Wednesday suggests Ontarians on average are waiting about an hour to see a doctor at a walk-in clinic.

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  Feb 24, 2024
  
• Demand high for pharmacy primary care clinic pilot project in Nova Scotia

  Two weeks ago, the province announced that 12 sites would open to help reduce wait times for care. A pharmacist in Halifax says the program is off to a strong start.

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  Feb 10, 2023
  
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• New study shows Saskatchewan has third highest clinic wait times in Canada

  The wait times at Saskatchewan walk-in clinics jumped in 2022, and also exceeded the national average, which sits at 37 minutes, by approximately 14 minutes.

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  Feb 7, 2023
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• Kingston, Ont. down to one walk-in clinic for entire city

  Finding a doctor in Kingston is hard enough, but there may be only one walk-in clinic left in the city to pick up the slack.

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  Dec 15, 2022
• ‘I’m lost’: Saskatoon resident left stranded after clinics close doors to new patients

  Dr. Adam Ogieglo is a family physician in Saskatoon, and said he hasn't taken on new patients for a very long time, adding that this wasn't a new problem.

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  Oct 4, 2022
• WRHA hopes to cut down on wait times, reduce stress on emergency departments with new initiatives

  The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) says it's expanding hours at five clinics across the city in an attempt to take the stress off wait-time backlogs.

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  Sep 22, 2022
• Kelowna walk-in clinics have 2nd longest average wait times in Canada: Medimap

  Kelowna has the second-longest wait times for walk-in clinics in the country, according to online medical clinic directory Medimap.

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  Apr 22, 2022
• Walk-in clinic wait times higher in B.C. than every other jurisdiction in the country

  Data provided by online wait time tracker Medimap shows patients in British Columbia had to wait an average of 58 minutes to see a physician at a walk-in clinic in 2021.

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  Apr 21, 2022
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• COVID-19: MLHU announces series of pop-up, walk-in vaccine clinics

  The MLHU says 13 pop-up walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinics will be held at locations throughout London as well as Parkhill, Strathroy and Glencoe.

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  Jul 8, 2021
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• 3,000 patients to be placed on waitlist for doctor if Clinic 554 closes

  'We've got no new visits in October,' said Dr. Adrian Edgar on Wednesday, again pushing for funding of health services to avoid closing Clinic 554.

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  Sep 23, 2020