The Allied Health Clinic, or “The Annex,” is located at the other end of the plaza that houses Riverside Medical Court. Here you can find the Administrative Team, as well as our Allied Health Professionals: dietician, pharmacist, mental health team (including social workers and registered psychotherapists), and nurses. If your Family Physician is part of the Rideau Family Health Team, you have access to a variety of funded programming offerred by these individuals who operate out of this location: from short-term counselling to smoking cessation; diabetes management to groups focused on mindful eating and better sleep. Services are offerred in person, online, or over the phone at your convenience.
Booking Procedure
Requests for appointments are only accepted via telephone. Please call between the hours of 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Monday to Friday to book an appointment. At the current time, we will not accept appointment requests via email. In person visits will require adherence to current pandemic guidelines:
- You must have a pre-arranged appointment – no walk-in appointments are available.
- Masks must be worn. See here for list of acceptable masks: https://www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/public-health-topics/masks.aspx
- If you have any symptoms associated with COVID-19 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection/symptoms.html?topic=ex-col-faq#s, please re-schedule your appointment as you will not be seen in person.
- Sanitize hands prior to entering the clinic
- Maintain a distance of 2 metres between people
- Follow directional arrows as marked along the floor.
- Only the patient will be allowed in the clinic unless a parent or caretaker is required to accompany them.
We will not be able to provide letters or documentation stating you or your child is COVID-19 free. Only testing for COVID-19 can confirm this.