Vancouver Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT Clinic) - Pender Community Health Centre (CHC) - Addictions Treatment

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

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Availability

Service area: Vancouver

Ways to Access
  • Provided 1:1 in-person
  • Provided at a single location
  • Provided in a group in-person

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