You can also call Health Care Connect at 1 (800) 445-1822 .
Health 811: Connects you to a qualified health professional who can provide health advice and information
Other options for you to consider:
- Contact an Ontario physician to ask if they are accepting new patients.
- Use The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario’s Find a Doctor search.
- Choose “Advanced Search” to find a doctor near you (by city/town or postal code).
- Click on “Additional Search Options” to narrow your search (to family doctors and/or language spoken).
- Contact the doctor to check if they are accepting new patients.
- The London & District Academy of Medicine occasionally lists doctors accepting new patients.
- Word of mouth — talking to people you know and asking them to ask their family doctor to take you on as a patient.