Shuswap North Okanagan Primary Care Network
Working together to create a seamless primary healthcare experience for everyone
We respectfully acknowledge the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Secwépemc and Syilx Nations where we live, learn, collaborate and work together.
Last updated: September 12, 2024
Find information and news about primary care health services for people living in and around the Shuswap North Okanagan area.
On this page
- Overview
- Find a primary care provider
- Access services in your community
- What's happening in your community
Overview
A Primary Care Network (PCN) is a community-based network of health care professionals and clinics who plan and deliver the health care needs of a community.
Shuswap North Okanagan PCN is a partnership which brings together primary care providers, First Nations communities, Interior Health Authority and Community representatives for the planning and delivery of primary health care services which meet the needs of people living within the Shuswap North Okanagan. This includes people living in the following communities:
- Armstrong
- Enderby
- Lumby
- Okanagan Indian Band
- Salmon Arm
- Sicamous
- Sorrento
- Splatsin
- Vernon
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.
Shuswap North Okanagan PCN is actively recruiting family doctors and nurse practitioners in order to increase provider capacity and support improved access to care for members of our community.
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
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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
Armstrong Pharmacy
Provides pharmacy services for individuals to obtain, understand and manage their prescriptions. Hours of operation may be subject to change, please call ahead to confirm.
5-3300 Smith Drive, Armstrong, BC V0E 1B1
Pharmacy
Askew's 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.
Also provides naloxone kits to people who use opioids or are likely to witn...
2701 11th Avenue NE, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 2S3
Pharmacy
Astral I.D.A. 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.
111-3101 Highway 6, Vernon, BC V1T 9H6
Pharmacy
BX Medical
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...
204-5100 Anderson Way, Vernon, BC V1T 9V2
Family Practice Clinic - longitudinal Longitudinal care
Centreville 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...
301-3210 25th Avenue, Vernon, BC V1T 1P1
Family Practice Clinic - longitudinal Longitudinal care
What’s happening in your community
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Pharmacy Services in B.C.
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