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206106 Highway 26, Meaford 226-974-1456

North East Grey Clinic logo: NORTH, EAST, GREY, CLINIC North East Grey Health Clinics · NEGHC

Meaford · Family Medicine · NEGHC

New management. Later hours. A door that opens again.

North East Grey Health Clinics — NEGHC — is an independent family practice on Highway 26. We used to close at 7pm. We now stay until 9 on weeknights, 8 on Saturday, and we are slowly accepting new patients again.

Call 226-974-1456 Request new-patient intake

Extended hours · No longer closing at 7pm

NEGHC

North East Grey Health Clinics — Meaford’s independent family practice

9pm

Weeknights now run 8:00 am to 9:00 pm. We used to lock the door at 7.

New list

After October 2022 the books were closed. New management is opening them slowly.

Hwy 26

206106 Ontario 26, Meaford, ON N4L 1L9 — parking at the clinic

Our story

Built for Grey County families who were tired of driving out of town.

Meaford sits between the bay and the highway. People here keep orchards, shops, and shift work at the mill of the week. For too long, a sore throat after supper meant Owen Sound, or a night in emergency, because the local clinic lights were already off.

North East Grey Health Clinics — you will also see us as NEGHC — was created so Meaford and the Town of the Blue Mountains would have a medical home of their own. New management has taken the helm with a simple brief: stay later, listen longer, and take people back onto the list the right way.

“A rural clinic should still be open when the dinner dishes are in the sink.”
North East Grey Health Clinics on Highway 26 in Meaford, Ontario.
NEGHC at 206106 Highway 26, Meaford — family medicine at the edge of Grey County.
NEGHC clinic entrance with North East Grey Health Clinics signage.

An independent clinic

We shared a campus with Bumstead. We no longer share a philosophy.

For years, NEGHC and Bumstead & Family Health Centre both served Meaford from the Highway 26 medical campus. We were neighbours. We were, for a time, linked in the public mind — two doors, one stretch of road.

Those doors started to mean different things. We held different views of how a community clinic should be run: how late the lights should stay on, whether a closed patient list should stay closed forever, and how a family in Meaford deserves to be met at the desk. Opinion pulled the two practices apart.

NEGHC chose independence. We dissociated from Bumstead & Family Health Centre so we could rebuild this clinic under new management — extended hours, unhurried visits, and a careful return to new patients. They remain a separate practice. We wish their patients well. Our work now is this building, this phone number, this list.

  • Independently operated North East Grey Health Clinics (NEGHC)
  • No longer affiliated with Bumstead & Family Health Centre
  • New management focused on access, evenings, and follow-through

New patients

Directories still say we closed the list in 2022. That chapter is over.

As of October 5, 2022, public listings stated that the clinic was not accepting new patients. That was the old policy. New management is reversing it — not with a stampede, but slowly, so every new family can actually be known. If you have been waiting in Meaford, Thornbury, the Blue Mountains, or along Highway 26, call us. We will tell you honestly what the list can take this month.

Call 226-974-1456 Send an intake request

Family medicine

Primary care for Grey County, under one roof.

From first check-ups to later years — appointment-based family medicine at NEGHC.

Annual exams

Prevention, screening, and a plan you can live with in Meaford, not a rushed form.

Children & families

Well-child visits, school forms, and the evening illnesses that used to find a locked door.

Chronic care

Blood pressure, diabetes, asthma, thyroid — follow-up with a team that already knows you.

Women’s & men’s health

Screening, contraception counselling, menopause, prostate health, private conversations.

Mental wellbeing

A quiet room for anxiety, low mood, and sleep. We listen first.

Same-week sick visits

Infections, sprains, flares. Saturday until 8pm and Sunday afternoons exist for a reason.

Extended hours

We used to close at 7pm. We don’t anymore.

Old hours left shift workers and farm families outside. New management pushed the weekday close to 9:00 pm, Saturday to 8:00 pm, and opened Sunday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Hours of operation
Monday8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Tuesday8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Wednesday8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Thursday8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Friday8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Saturday8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Sunday10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Hours in Eastern Time. Call ahead on statutory holidays.

Waiting room at North East Grey Health Clinics in Meaford.

Patient voices

Meaford families, after the 7pm door stayed open.

I work until 6:30. The old 7pm close meant I never made it. NEGHC saw me at 8:15 on a Tuesday. That is a different clinic.
Helen P.Meaford
Every listing still said they were closed to new patients. I called anyway. New management put my son on a slow intake. Kind, clear, no runaround.
Marc D.Thornbury
Saturday until 8 saved us a drive to Owen Sound. The desk knew we had come from Annan. This is what rural family medicine is supposed to feel like.
Priya S.Annan
They explained, without drama, that they had stepped away from Bumstead and were rebuilding. I cared that someone was actually taking patients again.
Gordon L.The Blue Mountains
Sunday afternoon appointment for my father’s blood pressure. Calm room, no rush. North East Grey Health Clinics has our whole household now.
Amelia K.Owen Sound
Called 226-974-1456 on a Monday, seen that evening. Highway 26, easy parking, a clinic that wants to be found. Highest recommendation.
Noah R.Meaford

Find us

206106 Highway 26, Meaford.

North East Grey Health Clinics is on Ontario 26. Parking is at the door. We serve Meaford, Thornbury, the Town of the Blue Mountains, Annan, and the Grey Highlands.

North East Grey Health Clinics (NEGHC)
206106 ON-26
Meaford, ON N4L 1L9

226-974-1456

Questions

What people in Meaford ask first.

Are you accepting new patients?

Yes — slowly. Listings dated October 5, 2022 said the list was closed. New management is opening it again, a few families at a time. Call 226-974-1456 or send an intake request.

Are you the same clinic as Bumstead & Family Health Centre?

No. We used to be linked in the community and we share the Highway 26 campus in Meaford. Because of different views on how the clinic should be run, NEGHC dissociated and now operates independently.

What are your hours now?

Monday to Friday 8:00 am–9:00 pm, Saturday 8:00 am–8:00 pm, Sunday 10:00 am–5:00 pm. We previously closed at 7pm. Those hours are gone.

Where is NEGHC?

206106 ON-26, Meaford, ON N4L 1L9. Parking is at the clinic. Look for North East Grey Health Clinics on the door.

Is this a walk-in clinic?

No. We are an appointment-based family medicine clinic. Call and we will find a time — including evenings and weekends.

Intake

Ask to be considered for the new-patient list.

Tell us your name, phone, and a preferred time. Do not include personal health details. We will call you back during open hours. Prefer to speak now? 226-974-1456.

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