Wolfville Collaborative Family Practice

02/08/2025

08/07/2025

We love being outside in the summer, but there is one major drawback: ticks. Here are some tips from the Department of Health and Wellness and Public Health on how you can prevent tick bites, and what to do when they happen.

- Wear long pants and long sleeves in areas likely to have ticks, and tuck your pants into your socks.

- Use bug spray containing DEET or Icaridin for ages 6 months and older. Follow directions on the package carefully.

- Check children, pets and yourself for ticks after spending time outside.

- Carefully remove ticks with tweezers or a tick remover. Clean the bite with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Note when and where on the body the bite occurred.

- Nova Scotia is home to several kinds of ticks, but only blacklegged tick bites can cause illnesses like Lyme disease, Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis and Powassan virus.

- In most cases, a tick carrying the bacteria that can cause these diseases must attach and feed for at least 24 hours before bacteria can be transmitted.

- Contact a healthcare provider or pharmacist if you believe a tick has been attached to you for 24 hours or longer, or you develop symptoms after finding a tick on your body or exploring outdoors (e.g., a rash [sometimes shaped like a bull’s eye], fever, fatigue, muscle aches, joint pain and headaches).

Helpful links:

Tick Safety: https://novascotia.ca/ticksafety/

Tick Identification: https://etick.ca/

More summer safety tips: www.nshealth.ca/summer-safety

11/06/2025

🚧UNDER CONSTRUCTION🚧
Please note that we are currently having some work done at the Wolfville Profesional Centre. Our parking lot will have limited spaces. You can park across the street at the EKM health centre if needed.
Thank you for your patience!

12/05/2025

Wolfville Collaborative Family Practice have a amazing group of nurses. Their compassion, optimism and kindness do not go unnoticed. We appreciate you! Not just today, but everyday!

Yan Chen, Nurse Practitioner
Terri-Lynn - Family Practice Nurse
Lindsay- Family Practice Nurse

Thank you 😊

07/05/2025

Hello Friends



Tickets on sale now at Eos in Wolfville for WOW’s 2025 show “Hoping and Coping”. They will also be available at the door. It is bound to be a sweet and fun evening of local entertainment, likely with some familiar faces. 😊



All our profits from ticket sales, silent auction, etc. will go to:



Chrysalis House

chrysalishouseassociation.org



The Dawn Fund – Community Foundation of Nova Scotia

cfns.ca/thedawnfund/



Valley After the Bell

sites.google.com/gnspes.ca/valleyafterthebellsociety



Please feel free to spread the word

01/05/2025

Happy National Doctors Day to all the hard working physicians Wolfville Collaborative Family Practice.

Thank you for all that you do within the practice and the community!

Dr. Hazen Burton
Dr. Alison Wellwood
Dr. Ben Sabine
Dr. Barbara Ross
Dr. Rebecca Clarke
Dr. Beverley Cassidy
Dr. Chris Toplack
Dr. Colin Burgoyne
Dr. Kirsten Murray

22/04/2025

We would like to say Happy Administrative Week to these harding working dedicated ladies that keeps us running along smoothly....have a great week ladies..

16/04/2025

Grief touches us all. Whether sudden or expected, it can feel overwhelming and isolating. That’s why we’ve come together – to ensure that no one in Nova Scotia has to experience grief alone.

The Nova Scotia Grief Alliance works to bring together individuals and organizations working in grief support to network, share and participate in educational opportunities.

Together, we’re building understanding, connection, and compassionate pathways through loss.

Follow them at www.nsgriefalliance.com to stay connected to supports, events, and stories of hope. 💙

08/04/2025

05/04/2025

𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓?

𝑯𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅?

𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕!

It is important to note that when you update your information with us, it does not update elsewhere.

If you have been referred to another health care provider such as a specialist, you need to contact their office to make these changes so they can contact you for an appointment.
This includes your local hospital if you are waiting for a test or procedure.

You can also update your information with MSI (your health card) by calling 1-800-563-8880

18/03/2025

Hi everyone....we were looking at the food bank shelf and it is looking a little bare. If anyone would like to bring in items for the Pantry that would be great...if anyone is unsure what to buy and would like to donate money or gift cards by all means...please drop off to your providers admin and they will pass along to Kelly and she will go shopping..thank you and much love....the Community Pantry (foodbank) located in Suite 2

18/03/2025

Important Cancer Screening Information

Nova Scotia has four organized cancer screening programs. Cancer screening is about preventing cancer or finding it early when treatment is most effective, by looking for it before there are warning signs. These are general guidelines. Please speak with your healthcare provider to determine the best screening schedule for you.