The Peterborough Family Health Team has rebranded its by-appointment-only clinic for local residents who currently do not have a family doctor or nurse practitioner.
The Connect Clinic offers in-person, team-based primary care with same or next-day appointments at two locations in downtown Peterborough: 185 King Street and 555 George Street North. The George Street location was originally opened in early 2025 to serve more unattached patients.
“Connect Clinic care is delivered by family doctors and nurse practitioners, some of whom have come out of retirement to help our community,” says Peterborough Family Health Team CEO Duff Sprague in a media release.
The clinic is intended to provide care to patients while they wait to get a permanent family doctor or nurse practitioner. Unlike virtual walk-in clinics, the Connect Clinic works with patients to build a complete medical record that will follow them to their new family physician, nurse practitioner, and primary care team.
There are around 32,000 residents of city and county of Peterborough who don’t currently have a family doctor or nurse practitioner.
“This clinic is a response to the healthcare crisis in our community,” Sprague says. “Area residents without a family doctor or nurse practitioner now have a place to go for in-person, quality care.”
The Connect Clinic is not a walk-in clinic. New patients need to book an intake appointment first, and existing patients need to book an appointment by phone or online. An OHIP card is required for all appointments. The clinic is not open on weekends or statutory holidays.
Local family doctors and nurse practitioners at the clinic provide timely access to acute, chronic, and preventative care including immunizations, birth control and family planning, blood pressure checks, skin issues, stomach and bowel issues, cold symptoms that persist for more than one week, sore ears and throat, diabetes checks and medication, urinary tract infections, prescription refills, and more.
The clinic also offers mental health navigation as a new service in partnership with the local Canadian Mental Health Association, and supports the Peterborough Community Health Centre, 360 Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic (NPLC), and the VON NPLC (Keene) to take on new patients.
The Connect Clinic does not provide emergency care, suturing of lacerations (stitches), setting of bones, minor surgical procedures, narcotic or controlled drug prescriptions (except for people diagnosed with ADHD and current prescribed medication), or forms such as insurance, driver’s licence medical, and disabilty.
The clinic is funded by Ontario Health and works in partnership with Health Care Connect and the Peterborough Ontario Health Team.
For more information or to book an appointment, visit www.connectclinic.ca.
