This is a new, mostly non-MSP (private) clinic located in the Victoria area that is accepting up to 500 patients. They also accept patients from outside the Victoria area.
From the clinic:
My name is Scott Monette BSc, I founded ElevationMD longevity medical clinic in Sidney BC with Dr. Daniel Leach MD and other team members from my other existing medical clinics. After seeing my mother, father, stepmother, both grandfathers and both of my wife’s parents suffer from cancer, I felt I had the moral obligation to use my business skills and healthcare knowledge to help our community. Why have we been waiting until cancer gets to stage three or four before we detect it? Surely there must be ways to screen and detect cancer sooner. When I requested extra screening from my own family physician I was told, “there just aren’t enough resources in the system to screen everyone”. To solve the problem, we created ElevationMD medical clinic as a way for patients to fund their own cancer and disease screening with our collection of innovative health tools, all while caring for our patients’ overall health.
Our tools include the new FDA-recognized blood test that tests up to 50 different types of cancer at the earliest stages. We also use DNA sequencing technology and A.I. tools to reduce your risk. We have plans that fit all budgets starting at $199 per month, with many insurance plans covering our services.
Our plans are packed with value and include: a medical home led by physicians that are focused on prevention and longevity, a personal health navigator, a patient portal to access your medical reports, a thorough annual physical, a dedicated team of health professionals including doctors, a nurse, dietitian, and pharmacist working like medical militia to keep you in optimal health.
Choose from one of our plans on our pricing page found here: ElevationMD Pricing, we even have a hybrid virtual plan for our non-local patients. You may be able to claim all or a portion of our fees if you have extended health insurance that includes a health savings account.
Learn more or become a patient by booking your free meet-and-greet appointment:
Welcome to the second year in review from Find a Doctor BC.
We have put together statistics about what happened in 2022 with regard to family practitioners accepting new patients in BC.
Areas covered.
By May 2022 we had the entire province covered after adding all of Northern BC early in the year. We now monitor about 3,700 family practitioners in 798 clinics located in 138 towns and cities.
Results
From our data throughout the province, at end of 2022, there were 43 clinics who were accepting new patients, 22 who were accepting new patients in a limited way, 48 had a wait list and 685 were not accepting new patients and had no wait list.
Typically, there is only one family practitioner at a time in a clinic accepting new patients. This implies about 1 in 55 family practitioners were accepting new patients at the end of year.
During 2022 we detected a total 218 family practitioners accepting new patients at some point during the year.
At the end of 2022,
• 46 towns/cities had at least one clinic accepting new patients • 38 towns/cities had no clinics accepting at the end of the year but had at least one clinic accepting new patients at some point in 2022 • 54 towns/cities did not have a single clinic accepting new patients during 2022.
Following is a list of BC towns and cities that have had at least one clinic…
Accepting new patients at the end of 2022
Not accepting now,but were at some point in 2022
Never accepting at anytime in 2022
Abbotsford
Beaverdell
100 Mile House
Agassiz
Cobble Hill
Aldergrove
Alert Bay
Comox
Armstrong
Bella Bella
Coquitlam
Ashcroft
Burnaby
Courtenay
Brentwood Bay
Burns Lake
Delta
Burnaby
Chetwynd
Enderby
Campbell River
Chilliwack
Grand Forks
Castlegar
Clearwater
Hazelton
Chase
Dawson Creek
Hope
Chemainus
Denman Island
Houston
Cranbrook
Duncan
Invermere
Crawford Bay
Fort Nelson
Kaslo
Creston
Fort St James
Logan Lake
Elkford
Fraser Lake
Maple Ridge
Fernie
Gitlax?t’aamiks
Mission
Fort McMurray
Gold River
New Westminster
Fruitvale
Hornby Island
Osoyoos
Gabriola
Hudson’s Hope
Parksville
Galiano
Kamloops
Pitt Meadows
Gibsons
Langley
Port Alberni
Greenwood
Lillooet
Port Coquitlam
Kelowna
Lumby
Port Moody
Keremeos
Mackenzie
Powell River
Kimberley
Masset
Prince George
Kitimat
North Vancouver
Qualicum Beach
Ladysmith
Pemberton
Revelstoke
Lake Country
Penticton
Richmond
Lake Cowichan
Port Alice
Salmon Arm
Lantzville
Port Hardy
Sechelt
Madeira Park
Port McNeill
Sooke
Mayne Island
Queen Charlotte
Squamish
Merritt
Quesnel
Vanderhoof
Mill Bay
Richmond
Vernon
Moberly Lake
Rossland
West Kelowna
Nakusp
Salmo
Williams Lake
Nanaimo
Stewart
Nelson
Surrey
New Denver
Tofino
Okanagan Falls
Tumbler Ridge
Oliver
Ucluelet
Pender Island
Valemount
Penticton
Vancouver
Prince Rupert
Victoria
Princeton
West Vancouver
Quathiaski Cove
White Rock
Saanichton
Salt Spring Island
Shawnigan Lake
Sidney
Smithers
Sparwood
Summerland
Sun Peaks
Terrace
Trail
Westbank
Note we only find clinics that are officially accepting new patients. If a doctor accepts a new patient via family and friends, we generally don’t hear about it. Our surveys show that about 1 in 7 patients find doctors through family and friends.
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Website Usage
Patients looking for care used the Findadoctorbc.ca website a lot last year, with over 340,000 unique users accessing 2.2 million pageviews over the year. Having concise clinic listings and up-to-date accepting status available has helped avoid millions of extra phone calls to clinics asking whether they are accepting new patients.
Notification Service
In addition to the website, we offer a notification service that will send you an email when a clinic in your region starts accepting new patients. From exit survey data (given to people who are leaving the service), of those who filled out the survey, 71% had found a family doctor or nurse practitioner. Of those, 87% found a medical doctor, 10% a nurse practitioner and 2% a team practice. We also asked how these people actually found doctors. 55% had found the practitioner through the notification service while 14% had found one through family and friends and 31% by other means.
You can be notified when clinics start accepting new patients in your area. Sign-up Now
A Final Word
It appears the BC Government’s recent actions are improving the situation. We have been able to report more family practitioners accepting new patients during the first month of 2023 as compared to the average month of 2022 and exit surveys in January 2023 showed 83% of those leaving the service had found a doctor.
This is a virtual walk-in clinic. Appointments are made through their website.
According to their website using Walk In : “… is free for certain insured services if you are covered under the Medical Services Plan (MSP) in British Columbia. This includes visits with licensed physicians. Other services, such as doctor’s notes are not covered under MSP.”
Welcome to the first year in review from Find a Doctor BC.
We have put together statistics about what happened in the last year with regard to family practitioners accepting new patients in BC.
Areas covered.
By May 2021 we had the entire lower half of the province covered, about 95% of BC’s population. We monitor about 3,500 family practitioners in 747 clinics located in 104 towns and cities. We are working on adding the northern half of the province and that should be complete very soon.
Results
From our data throughout the province, at end of 2021, there were 59 clinics who were accepting new patients, 19 who were accepting new patients in a limited way, 31 had a wait list and 638 were not accepting new patients and had no wait list.
Typically, there is only one family practitioner at a time in a clinic accepting new patients. This implies about 1 in 50 family practitioners were accepting new patients at the end of year.
However, those accepting new patients were not evenly distributed throughout the province. Some cities, like Maple Ridge and Surrey had over 10% of clinics accepting new patients, while many others had none.
During 2021 we detected a total 218 family practitioners accepting new patients at some point during the year.
At the end of 2021,
• 34 towns/cities had at least one clinic accepting new patients • 47 towns/cities had no clinics accepting but had at least one clinic accepting new patients at some point in 2021 • 23 towns/cities did not have a single clinic accepting new patients during 2021.
Following is a list of BC towns and cities that have had at least one clinic…
Accepting new patients at the end of 2021
Not accepting now,but were at some point in 2021
Never accepting at anytime in 2021
Alert Bay
Abbotsford
Aldergrove
Beaverdell
Agassiz
Armstrong
Bella Bella
Brentwood Bay
Ashcroft
Chilliwack
Burnaby
Chase
Cobble Hill
Campbell River
Chemainus
Coquitlam
Castlegar
Crawford Bay
Delta
Clearwater
Fruitvale
Denman Island
Comox
Gabriola
Gold River
Courtenay
Galiano
Grand Forks
Cranbrook
Gibsons
Hornby Island
Creston
Hope
Invermere
Duncan
Keremeos
Kaslo
Elkford
Kimberley
Langley
Enderby
Lake Country
Maple Ridge
Fernie
Lantzville
New Westminster
Kamloops
Mission
North Vancouver
Kelowna
Nakusp
Pemberton
Ladysmith
Pender Island
Pitt Meadows
Lake Cowichan
Princeton
Port Alice
Lillooet
Shawnigan Lake
Port Coquitlam
Logan Lake
Sparwood
Port Hardy
Mayne Island
Summerland
Port McNeill
Merritt
Westbank
Powell River
Mill Bay
Quathiaski Cove
Nanaimo
Revelstoke
Nelson
Richmond
New Denver
Salmo
Okanagan Falls
Sechelt
Oliver
Surrey
Osoyoos
Ucluelet
Parksville
Vancouver
Penticton
Vernon
Port Alberni
West Kelowna
Port Moody
Qualicum Beach
Rossland
Saanichton
Salmon Arm
Salt Spring Island
Sidney
Sooke
Squamish
Sun Peaks
Tofino
Victoria
West Vancouver
White Rock
Note we only find clinics that are officially accepting new patients. If a doctor accepts a new patient via family and friends, we generally don’t hear about it. Our surveys show that about 1 in 5 patients find doctors through family and friends.
Search your town/city for clinics accepting new patients Search Now
Website Usage
Patients looking for care used the Findadoctorbc.ca website a lot last year, with over 250,000 people accessing the site over the year. Having concise clinic listings and up-to-date accepting status available has helped avoid countless extra phone calls to clinics asking whether they are accepting new patients.
Notification Service
In addition to the website, we offer a notification service that will send you an email when a clinic in your region starts accepting new patients. From exit survey data (given to people who are leaving the service), of those who filled out the survey, 75% had found a family doctor or Nurse Practitioner. Of those, 85% found a medical doctor, 10% a Nurse Practitioner and 5% a team practice. We also asked how these people actually found doctors. 60% had found the practitioner through the notification service while 18% had found one through family and friends, 6% by using a walk-in clinic and 16% other.
Here are a few selected comments from people when asked “Is there anything else you would like us to know?”
• “I was skeptical about this service at first, wondering if it would take months or even years before I’d hear back from them. I even wondered if it was a scam that I’d fallen into. But within 2 months (only) I received information about a doctor close by to me who was accepting new patients, and as of today, I have a new doctor. Great service!!”
• “I’ve been trying to find a doctor in Victoria for 8 years. After 5 months of subscribing to your service, I’ve now secured care for myself and my 3 month old daughter! There are no words to describe just how grateful I am for your service. THANK YOU!”
• “This service was so helpful! I still had to contact the doctors receiving new patients myself, with no promises, but found two within about 6 months of being on Find a Doctors, applied, visited, and actually got to choose the one that felt like the best fit! Thanks!”
• “Beautiful work! I could not have done this without you people. You gave several choices over time but choosing the most convenient choice was awesome. Took an instant liking to the doctor, absolutely wonderful. Thank you.”
• “I wish I had known about you sooner. I spent hours calling clinics and just having the privilege of someone (your organization) helping me with my search was comforting. thank you.”
You can be notified when clinics start accepting new patients in your area. Sign-up Now
A Final Word
While we get many emails of thanks and support, we also get our share of “This is a scam”. To be clear, the use of the website is free, there is no advertising, we charge a nominal fee for the notification service to cover our costs and we offer it for free to anyone who says they feel they can’t afford it. We do our best to supply timely information about clinics accepting new patients, but we can’t make more family practitioners.
The situation in Victoria is particularly dire. We regularly receive heart breaking emails from seniors whose family doctor has retired, and they have no care available other than walk-in clinics. When we hear back that they found a doctor through our service, it gives us great joy. But we would prefer to not have to offer this service and for everyone in the province to be able to get the personal care a family doctor can provide.
