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By Liam Verster

Health Care Services

Work underway to open Vernon’s new Urgent Primary Care Centre in 2026

Jun 5, 2025 | 2:45 PM

A new facility to provide health care for Vernon and area residents is expected to be ready sometime next year.

In August 2024, it was announced that a second Urgent Primary Care Centre (UPCC) would be established in Vernon.

In an email to Vernon Matters on Thursday, June 5, Interior Health said they was working with the Ministry of Health, Shuswap North Okanagan Primary Care Network, and community partners towards establishing the new facility.

They said this would assist with increasing access to episodic primary care left after Vernon’s last walk-in clinic closed in November 2023.

IH stated a service plan for the new UPCC had been submitted to the Ministry of Health for review.

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“We are aware the Ministry of Health is reviewing the service plan for clinical resourcing, which will provide additional urgent/episodic primary care to patients in Vernon. When the service plan is approved, Interior Health will begin the necessary recruitment to operate the UPCC,” the health authority said in the email.

“UPCC’s are designed to provide additional options for patients and families to access urgent primary care 365 days a year with extended hours in the evenings, weekends and holidays.”

The new health care facility was expected to open in 2026, though a more specific timeline was not provided.