01/29/2026
Welcoming New Physicians to Hinton Medical Clinic
We’re pleased to share some positive news with the residents of Hinton and the surrounding area — new physicians have recently joined Hinton Medical Clinic! We’re excited to welcome them to our community and to the many roles they will be fulfilling across the clinic, hospital, and other care settings in town.
As they begin their work here, our new physicians will first spend time settling in, learning local systems, and becoming familiar with their responsibilities. For this reason, they will begin building their practices and accepting new patients after a few months, once this transition period is complete.
We also want to acknowledge that our clinic’s wait list is very long, and that many individuals and families in our community have been waiting for a family physician for several years. We understand how difficult and frustrating this can be, and we are deeply grateful to the many community members, partners, and supporters who have helped with physician recruitment and made it possible for us to reach a point where we can begin taking patients off the wait list.
Hinton Medical Clinic follows the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) Standards of Practice, including the Establishing the Physician-Patient Relationship guideline. Patients will be contacted in the order they were added to the waiting list.
In accordance with this standard, when physicians begin accepting patients from the clinic’s existing waiting list, selection criteria cannot:
• Include grounds that could be perceived as discriminatory (including age, s*x, gender identity, religion, race, or family status)
• Exclude patients based on medical complexity or the need for additional preparation, documentation, or reports
These standards help ensure that patient attachment is fair, ethical, and based on appropriate clinical considerations, while supporting continuity and quality of care.
As a close-knit community, we also ask for your kindness and patience as our new physicians settle into their roles. A warm welcome and understanding will go a long way as they get to know Hinton and begin caring for our community.
Thank you for your continued support — we’re grateful to be growing together.
— Hinton Medical Clinic
