Horizon working on temporary primary care clinic in Sackville
Update Monday, June 12, 2023:
The interim primary care clinic being planned by Horizon Health Network will likely be located in the office of Dr. Catherine Johnston, in the Tantramar Health Centre on Main Street, right across from the Sackville Memorial Hospital. Johnston’s practice is closing at the end of June. Horizon spokesperson Kris McDavid says the health authority is targeting a September start date for the clinic.
Horizon Health Network is working on setting up a temporary primary care clinic in Sackville. The move comes in reaction to the imminent loss of two family doctors who are closing their practices this summer.
Horizon’s regional medical director Dr. Jody Enright was not available for an interview, but sent a statement to CHMA saying that, “as an interim measure, we are securing resources to set up a primary care clinic to provide short-term primary medical care for affected patients.”
A spokesperson for Horizon says the clinic would work in a similar way to the NB Health Link clinics in Moncton and Dieppe that are being operated by Medavie. In those clinics, patients can request online or in-person appointments with a doctor or nurse practitioner, but are not assigned to a dedicated primary care provider.… Continue