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Appointment Types at Erie Shores FHT

The Erie Shores Family Health Team has a variety of appointment types to best suit your needs. It is important that the correct appointment type is scheduled for you to ensure you have adequate time with your provider. Various appointment times may be conducted by phone or in person depending on the health concern, the provider and the patient. There are a number of appointment types available.

Urgent Care Appointments

Urgent Care appointments are for people who have unexpected but non-life-threatening health concerns that usually require same-day or next day treatment. Urgent care is not appropriate for life-threatening conditions. Urgent care appointments are available for basic illness or injuries such as:

  • Sprains or strains of the ankle, knee or shoulder
  • Minor cuts and lacerations
  • Minor burns or other injuries
  • Minor Abdominal Pain
  • Urinary tract infections
  • Allergies and asthma
  • Pink eye
  • Bronchitis
  • Common cold
  • Flu (influenza)
  • Ear ache
  • Sore throat
  • Swollen glands
  • Rash and itching
  • Diarrhea
  • Other unexplained pain or swelling
 Urgent Care Appointment Bookings 

Weekday Urgent care appointments must be booked by calling the office. Availability differs by day, based on patient bookings.

Afterhours Urgent Care  (5-8 pm) appointments are available Mon, Tues, Wed, and Thur alternating between our Leamington and Kingsville FHT offices. Appointments are necessary, please call the office to book. 

On Saturdays the ESFHT offers Urgent Care 'walk-in" appointments . No appointment is necessary.

This clinic runs between 8am - 5pm each Saturday, alternating between Leamington and Kingsville FHT offices.  

Please click on "Urgent Care Clinic" for a schedule of weekly locations.

Preventative Care Appointments

A primary goal of health care is to keep people healthy. Preventative care appointments typically involve care to maintain your health. Such appointments are not urgent and can be scheduled with your provider well in advance. Preventative care appointments are appropriate for:

  • Annual physical health assessments
  • Vaccinations – infant, child, adult
  • PAP tests
  • Driver physicals

‘Shot Only’ Appointments

The purpose of a 'Shot Only' appointment is to provide patients with care that requires brief and specific intervention such as:
  • Application of a 24 hour blood pressure monitor.
  • Various injections: allergy shots, routine immunizations for some patients, Vitamin B12 shots, Prolia.
  • Suture/staple removal.

Follow-up Appointments

Follow up appointments are used to pull everything together. There was a reason for a test, procedure, prescribed medication, or recommended lifestyle change. A follow-up appointment is the opportunity for the provider to discuss results of testing or assess the patient’s response to a medication or recommendation. Additionally, follow-up appointments can lead to specialist referrals or further assessment and treatments. Reasons to schedule a follow-up appointment:

  • Discuss test results
  • Review patient response to a new medication or a dosage change
  • Discuss referral to a specialist or further diagnostic testing
  • Discuss goals of care/answer patient questions

Urgent
Care Appointments

Urgent care appointments are for ESFHT patients with an unexpected but non-life threatening health problem that requires same-day or next-day treatment.

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Doctor

Looking for a doctor? Call Health Care Connect at 1-800-445-1822 or visit the Ministry of Ontario's website.

Community Calendar

The events listed in this calendar are those of the Erie Shores Family Health Team and multiple other community organizations in Windsor and Essex County.

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