Record #: BRU0825
Last Modified: 04 Nov 2024
Last Full Update: 22 Oct 2024

Description

Description (Service) Provides low barrier access for clients seeking treatment for any substance use disorder.

Staffing Team includes addiction physicians, nurse practitioner, addiction counsellors and a concurrent disorder specialized psychiatrist.

The clinic will provide brief counselling, prescribe medications (including anti-craving medications for alcohol and buprenorphine/naloxone for opiate use disorder) and connect clients to community treatment programs.

Please note, this clinic is not for clients suffering strictly from chronic pain.

This clinic is also part of a broader network of RAAM clinics throughout Ontario as part of META:PHI (Mentoring, Education and Clinical Tools for Addiction: Primary Care - Hospital Integration).

Service Details

Hours Fri 2 pm-4 pm by appointment only on the following dates:
  • 2024
    • Oct 4, 18
    • Nov 1, 15, 29
    • Dec 13, 27
  • 2025
    • Jan 10, 24
    • Feb 7, 21
    • Mar 7, 21
    • Apr 4, 18
Areas Served Saugeen Shores
Eligibility Must have a current OHIP card and bring to appointment.

16 year(s) and up
Application Call for appointment. Self-referral, physician referral or referral from a community agency. Walk-ins are welcome.
Languages English
Fees None - covered by OHIP

Address and Location

Located In Community Port Elgin
Address & Map
Paramedic Headquarters:
1241 MacKenzie Rd
Port Elgin, ON
Canada N0H 2C0
Physical Access Not accessible, but accommodations can be made.

Contact Information

Office Phone 519-376-5666 ext 2
E-Mail info@hdhospital.ca
Website www.brightshores.ca/mental-health-addiction-services
Primary Contact Amy Bowins, Manager, Addiction Services; Phone: 519-376-5666 ext 5; Email: abowins@brightshores.ca

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