Brightshores Health System
Site: Hanover and District Hospital
Service: Rapid Access Addiction Medicine Clinic
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Record #:
GRE1251
Last Modified:
03 Sep 2025
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 | Thu 2 pm-4 pm - by appointment only Thu 4 pm-6 pm - walk in. |
| Areas Served | Hanover ; Walkerton |
| 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 | Hanover |
| Address & Map | 90 7th Ave Hanover, ON Canada N4N 1N1 |
| Physical Access | Fully Accessible |
Contact information
| Office Phone | 519-376-5666 ext 1 |
| Website | www.brightshores.ca/mental-health-addiction-services |
| Primary Contact | Lavender Leal, Manager, Addiction Services; Email: lleal@brightshores.ca |
| Mailing Address | 90 7th Ave Hanover, ON Canada N4N 1N1 |
Categories
| CWD_NEWHUB_HEADINGGROUPS | Mental Health / Addiction |
| CWD_NEWHUB_HEADINGS | Addiction Counselling / Treatment |
