Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic to open in Kingsville

The Essex County Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic will expand into Kingsville in the near future.

The Ontario government has earmarked almost $425,000 to expand the clinic’s services in Essex County.

The announcement was made by Essex MPP Anthony Leardi on Thursday, February 15 at the TMC Urgent Care Clinic on Main Street East.

The Essex County Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic (ECNPLC) has had a Nurse Practitioner at the clinic in Kingsville for several weeks as they prepared for this announcement.

Laura Levesque, Executive Director of ECNPLC, says they can begin rostering patients soon, now that the announcement has been made.

“We’ve all heard about the issues with healthcare,” she said. “We’re here to bridge the gap and very excited to expand our services.”

Levesque says that the clinic will provide full primary care and will be rostering patients soon.

The TMC Clinic building will be undergoing an expansion with plans for the Practitioner -Led Clinic to have a permanent home.

Kingsville Mayor Dennis Rogers was excited about the announcement.

“We sat down just over a year ago,” he said. “We brought Amanda (Toth, Nurse Practitioner) to Kingsville for one day a week. Now we’re ready to expand this.”

Rogers was thankful to the greater community for all their help in getting the funding approved.

“My dad always said, it takes a village, but we stand here today because it took a region,” he said.

The ECNPLC currently has three locations in the region with sites in Essex, Amherstburg and Windsor. Kingsville — when complete — will be the fourth such location.