Healthcare should feel like care, not a series of disconnected stops.
But for many people, healthcare can mean seeing a family doctor in one location, visiting a walk in clinic somewhere else when something unexpected happens, and then travelling to another pharmacy for prescriptions or medication advice.
Each service may work well on its own, but navigating between them can make healthcare feel more complicated than it needs to be.
At Grove Street Pharmacy, Walk In Clinic & Family Practice, we are building a more connected experience by bringing several everyday healthcare services together in one familiar Barrie location.
What connected care means at Grove Street
Connected care does not mean that one healthcare professional handles every concern.
Doctors and pharmacists have different roles, and some health concerns will always require specialists, hospitals or other healthcare providers.
At Grove Street, connected care is about making it easier to access the right type of care in one familiar place.
Patients can access:
Family Practice
Ongoing primary care with family physicians who can support preventive health, routine checkups, chronic conditions, follow up care and changing health needs over time.
Grove Street Family Practice also has physicians accepting new patients, giving individuals and families in Barrie an opportunity to establish ongoing primary care closer to home.
Walk In Care
Sometimes a health concern comes up unexpectedly.
For non emergency illnesses and everyday medical concerns, Grove Street’s walk in clinic provides another way to access medical care when you need it.
Having walk in care alongside family practice and pharmacy services means patients can access more of their everyday healthcare needs from the same location.
Pharmacy Care
Pharmacy care is about more than picking up a prescription.
At Grove Street Pharmacy, patients can access prescriptions, refills, medication advice and support with questions about their medications.
Because the pharmacy is located alongside the clinic, a patient who receives a prescription may be able to access pharmacy services without making another trip across Barrie.
Pharmacist Minor Ailment Care
Sometimes, your pharmacist may be the right place to start.
Ontario pharmacists can assess and, when appropriate, prescribe for certain eligible minor ailments within their authorized scope of practice.
At Grove Street, patients can speak with a pharmacist about eligible minor ailments and get help understanding the appropriate next step for their care.
Why does connected care matter?
One of the most frustrating parts of healthcare can simply be figuring out where to go.
- ✓Do you need your family doctor?
- ✓Should you visit a walk in clinic?
- ✓Could a pharmacist help?
Connected care makes that journey easier by bringing different types of everyday care closer together.
For example, a health concern may begin with a visit to the walk in clinic. If medication is prescribed, pharmacy services are available in the same location.
Another concern may begin with a conversation with the pharmacist, who can help determine whether pharmacist care is appropriate or whether you should see a physician.
For ongoing health needs, family practice provides a place to build longer term care.
Healthcare needs do not always fit neatly into separate boxes.
Your healthcare experience should not have to either.
Fewer stops. Clearer next steps.
Convenience in healthcare is about more than saving a few minutes.
Every additional location can mean another drive, another parking spot, another waiting room and another place to navigate.
At Grove Street, patients can become familiar with one location for several different healthcare needs.
You know where the clinic is.
You know where the pharmacy is.
And when another everyday health need comes up, Grove Street may already offer an appropriate place to start.
Our goal is simple:
Make it easier to find the right care and understand what may come next.
Connected care still means patient choice
Connected care does not take away your ability to choose where you receive healthcare.
Patients are always free to choose their physicians, pharmacy and other healthcare providers.
Grove Street simply provides a convenient option for people who value having family medicine, walk in care, pharmacy services and pharmacist support together in one familiar location.
Your care, connected in one place.
Whether you are looking for a family doctor, need walk in medical care, have a prescription to fill or want to speak with a pharmacist, Grove Street provides multiple ways to access everyday healthcare from one convenient Barrie location.
Different healthcare needs. One familiar place.
Grove Street Pharmacy, Walk In Clinic & Family Practice. Grove Street East & Johnson Street, Barrie.
Care that connects. Close to home.
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Unit 15, 477 Grove Street East, Barrie, ON L4M 6M3 Parking is available on site.
Pharmacy open daily · Walk-in care available subject to daily capacity · on Grove Street East at Johnson Street