Salt Spring Island Primary Care
Working together to create a seamless primary healthcare experience for everyone
We are grateful to live and work on Salt Spring Island and acknowledge that the lands and waters that encompass the island have been home to Indigenous peoples since time immemorial, part of the traditional unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, including W̱SÁNEĆ First Nations and Hul’quimi’num Treaty Group.
Last updated: September 9, 2024
Find information and news about primary care health services for people living in and around Salt Spring Island.
On this page
- Overview
- Find a primary care provider
- Access services in your community
- What's happening in your community
Overview
Primary Care Networks (PCN) are community-based networks of health care professionals and clinics who plan and deliver the health care needs of a community.
The Salt Spring Island Primary Care team is working with local clinics to help connect people to a primary care provider, either a family doctor or nurse practitioner. This includes people living in the following communities:
- Salt Spring Island
- Vesuvius
- Fernwood
- Ganges
- Fulford Harbour
Find a family doctor or nurse practitioner
If you need a primary care provider, register on the Health Connect Registry to get matched with a family doctor or nurse practitioner in your community.
The Health Connect Registry is the primary tool used by healthcare providers to add patients to their practice. Wait times will vary based on each doctor and nurse practitioner's capacity.
Access primary care health services
Search for primary care health services and support in your community.
You can also search our list of all health services available throughout B.C., which includes services related to primary care, emergency care, mental health and substance use, home care, public health units, pharmacies, labs and more.
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8-1-1 Services
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Virtual Primary Care
Find a Midwife
Provides an online listing of registered midwives in BC, searchable by name or registration number. Midwives offer primary care to healthy pregnant women and their newborn babies from early pregnancy, through labour and birth, and up to three mont...
Maternity Care
First Nations Virtual Doctor of the Day
Provides video visits with a licensed doctor for non-emergency medical concerns for all First Nations people and their families living in B.C., on reserve and away from home (off-reserve).
Patients consult with the doctor through a secure v...
Virtual Primary Care
Foundry Virtual
Provides access to virtual services through an app and web portal for youth and their caregivers in BC. Services are free and confidential.
Use the app to access same-day virtual services or schedule a virtual counselling appointment, find...
Foundry Centre
Pharmacy Services in BC
Provides online information on booking an appointment with a pharmacist for minor ailments or contraception at pharmacy locations throughout BC.
See the website for a self-assessment checklist to check your symptoms and a list of minor ailm...
Pharmacy
Arbutus Clinic
Provides healthcare for individuals and families at community-based family practice clinics. Patients can get care from their primary care provider, either a family doctor or a nurse practitioner, and their teams.
Family practice clinics pr...
2-306 Lower Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2V3
Family Practice Clinic - longitudinal Longitudinal care
Corbett Clinic
Provides healthcare for individuals and families at community-based family practice clinics. Patients can get care from their primary care provider, either a family doctor or a nurse practitioner, and their teams.
Family practice clinics pr...
111 Corbett Road, Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2R8
Family Practice Clinic - longitudinal Longitudinal care
Country Grocer Pharmacy
Provides pharmacy services for individuals to obtain, understand and manage their prescriptions. Hours of operation may be subject to change; call ahead to confirm.
372 Lower Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2V7
Pharmacy
Dr. Ian D. Gummeson Family Practice
Provides healthcare for individuals and families at community-based family practice clinics. Patients can get care from their primary care provider, either a family doctor or a nurse practitioner, and their teams.
Family practice clinics pr...
101-323 Lower Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2V4
Family Practice Clinic - longitudinal Longitudinal care
Dr. Magda M. Leon Family Practice
Provides healthcare for individuals and families at community-based family practice clinics. Patients can get care from their primary care provider, either a family doctor or a nurse practitioner, and their teams.
Family practice clinics pr...
101-323 Lower Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2V4
Family Practice Clinic - longitudinal Longitudinal care
What’s happening in your community
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Pharmacy Services in B.C.
Pharmacists are an important part of your health care team and offer a variety of services. They are able to assess and prescribe for 21 minor ailments, prescribe contraceptives, renew prescriptions, and give vaccines.