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Nova Scotia Unveils Three New Halifax Health Homes to Expand Multidisciplinary Care

The clinics could remove more than 20,000 people from the province’s need-a-family-practice registry.

Recent expansion work at the Clare Health Centre in Meteghan Centre.
Interim Liberal Leader Derek Mombourquette says the dashboard information about Nova Scotians who need a family doctor should be made public again.
Susan Leblanc, the NDP MLA for Dartmouth North, asked at Tuesday’s health committee meeting when the Need a Family Practice registry might be reduced to zero but she did not get a definitive answer.
Nova Scotia's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa on June 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Overview

  • On July 7, health officials announced three new Halifax health homes to join the province’s collaborative-care network.
  • Nova Scotia now operates 118 multidisciplinary health homes that pool physicians, nurses, social workers and mental health professionals.
  • The primary care wait list has fallen from a peak of 160,000 last year to about 91,400 people by June 2025.
  • All 89 primary care physicians who joined the province in the past year opted to work within team-based clinic models, officials say.
  • Since August 2021, 41 new health homes have opened and services at 64 existing clinics have been enhanced, with further sites planned based on community and geographic needs.