Vancouver Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT Clinic) - Pender Community Health Centre (CHC) - Addictions Treatment
Addictions / Substance Use, Condition Specific Support, and Healthcare Providers
Provided by Vancouver Coastal Health
Not currently accepting referrals.
Offers a full range of addiction services. Serves adult residents of Vancouver, with priority to clients who live in the Downtown Eastside. Primary health care only for vulnerable residents who do not have a primary physician.
Offers a full range of addiction services. Services are provided by a team that may include doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses, concurrent disorders counsellors, social workers, community liaison workers, and peers. The clinic provides addiction services, including:
- opiate agonist therapy (methadone/Suboxone) initiation and maintenance.
- needle exchange (clean needles and other harm reduction equipment/supplies)
- support in seeking detox, recovery houses, and treatment centres
- short-term individual counselling, as well as groups that address both mental health and addiction issues
- free Take Home Naloxone Kits (Narcan)
- clinical assessment
- specialized treatment planning
- aftercare, and follow-up
- safer smoking supplies
- safer sex supplies
Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) Community Health Area: #2 "Vancouver Mid-East," serving Strathcona, Downtown East Side, and Grandview-Woodlands. See Pender Community Health Centre
Hours of Operation: OAT services are offered Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:30 am to 6:00 pm. Available on first come first serve. Only two clients are seen on the day of operation. Client intake begins at noon. Harm reduction and needle exchange services are offered on a drop-in basis 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday.
604-669-9181
59 West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia
Service is available in English.
Cost: No cost
Associated Programs/Services
Also offered by Vancouver Coastal Health:
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- Community Health Centres - Evergreen Community Health Centre - Addiction Services
- Sheway - For pregnant women and new mothers with drug and alcohol issues
Availability
Service area: Vancouver
Service Types Provided
Addictions / Substance Use
- Addiction Counselling: Addiction Counselling (Adult)
- Health Authority Addiction Services: Addiction Services (Adult)
- Concurrent Disorders
- Navigation Support: Addiction Services
- Harm Reduction: Counselling Support for Harm Reduction, Naloxone, Needle Exchange, and Safer Sex Supplies
- Opioid Treatment (OAT): Methadone, Suboxone Induction, and Suboxone Maintenance
Condition Specific Support
- Heptatitis: Hep C
- HIV / AIDS
Healthcare Providers
Ways to Access
- Service provided 1:1 in-person
- Service provided at a single location
- Service provided in a group in-person
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