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Province Urged to Prevent Closure of Regina Clinic, Leaving 5,000 Patients Without Doctors
15 Nov
Summary
- Gardens Community Health Centre in Regina set to close by end of November 2025
- 5,000 patients will lose their family doctors when the clinic shuts down
- NDP calls on Health Minister to present a plan to keep the clinic open
As of November 15, 2025, the Gardens Community Health Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan is set to permanently close its doors by the end of the month. The clinic, which has been operating since 2018 and providing affordable, multi-disciplinary care to patients, is shutting down due to an inability to replace its two retiring physicians.
The closure will have a significant impact on the local community, as the NDP estimates that around 5,000 patients will lose their family doctors when the clinic shuts down. NDP MLA Meara Conway has challenged the provincial Health Minister, Jeremy Cockrill, to present a plan by Monday at 1 p.m. CST detailing how the government can keep the clinic open.
Conway argues that the province has already invested $20 million in the Gardens Community Health Centre and should take action to prevent its closure. She suggests that the government should consider operating the clinic as a community-based model with salaried doctors, as the current fee-for-service structure has made it difficult to recruit new physicians.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has acknowledged the impending closure, stating that the Gardens is a private clinic that operated independently of the SHA. The remaining staff from the clinic will be relocated to work in the "South Network in Regina." However, the NDP believes the province has the means to intervene and save this valuable community resource.
