Transgender Health
Provided by: Saskatoon Community Clinic
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Service Description
Provides a safe and welcoming space for the transgender community seeking for specialized health care and help to explore their gender identity. Transgender patients may be referred to other medical professionals to ensure complete patient care.
Additional referrals to services may include:
- Psychiatric assessment for diagnosis of gender dysphoria and/or basic psychiatric care
- Endocrinologist assessment, prescribing and monitoring related to hormone blockers or cross sex hormones
- Nurse Administration or teaching of self-injections of medications such as testosterone
- Counselling to assist with the determination of gender identity
- Physiotherapy and nutrition consults to optimize health
- Pharmaceutical dispensing of puberty blockers and hormones
- Lab work, such as the determination of blood hormone levels
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Eligibility
Visit the website for current information on whether new patients are being accepted or not.
Application Process
Obtaining a referral from the primary care provider.
Fees
None
Fax: 306-664-4277
Business Line: 306-652-0300
Downtown Clinic
Hours of Operation
Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm. Regular hours may vary; please check with the reception staff if you have questions regarding operating hours.
Closed Sundays and Statutory holidays.
Service Website
saskatooncommunityclinic.ca/trans-gender-health-downtown
www.facebook.com/saskatooncommunitycliniccooperative
Coverage Area
Saskatoon
Languages Offered
English
Downtown Clinic and Pharmacy
- Downtown Clinic: Medical and Primary Care Services
- Pharmaceutical Services (2 locations)
- Sexual and Reproductive Health (2 locations)
- Transgender Health
Location Info
Hours of Operation
Physician and Nurse Practitioner Appointments (for patients who currently have a family physician or a nurse practitioner at the Saskatoon Community Clinic):
- Phone calls are accepted Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm and Saturday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Scheduled appointments are available Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm and Saturday limited pre-booked appointments
- Saturday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm (call Saturday to book)
Pharmacy (new patients welcome):
Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Counselling and Community Services:
Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
- Counselling patients can phone the Saskatoon Crisis Intervention at 306-933-6200 for urgent matters outside of regular hours.
Physiotherapy, Dietitian, and Occupational Therapy (for patients of Community Clinic doctors):
Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 12:00 pm, 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Accessibility
Wheelchair access - designated parking spaces; Wheelchair access - lowered elevator buttons; Wheelchair access - front or side or back doors; Wheelchair access - ramps; Wheelchair access - washrooms (at least one)
Counselling and Occupational Therapy Direct Line: 306-664-4283
Pharmacy: 306-664-4277
Lab and X-ray Direct Line: 306-664-4262
Therapies Direct Line (Nutrition and Physical Therapy): 306-664-4259
Fax: 306-664-4120
Main contact including medical and primary care services
Business Line: 306-652-0300
Main contact including medical and primary care services
Website
www.saskatooncommunityclinic.ca/medical-and-primary-care-services-downtown
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