CHARLOTTSVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – In an effort to make health care more accessible to residents of Greene County and surrounding areas, UVA Health next week begins a monthly mobile care service to Stanardsville. October 21 from 2-to-6 p.m. will be the first day the UVA Health mobile care unit visits, as it will on the third Tuesday of every month at the Greene County Senior Center at 222 Main St.

“We have heard from many residents across Greene County asking for primary care services closer to where they live,” said Novella Thompson, administrator for UVA Health’s Population Health Department. “Our mobile care unit can create access, make it more convenient for patients to get the care they need, and reduce their travel times.”

This mobile care unit can help patients in several ways. They can see a patient for a non-emergency situation who cannot wait for a visit with their regular care provider. If a patient doesn’t have a regular care provider, this mobile care unit team can provide an initial consultation and help establish care at a UVA Health brick-and-mortar outpatient clinic. If the patient doesn’t care to establish care at an outpatient clinic, the unit can serve as their primary care provider.

This unit can provide general checkups, chronic disease management, care for minor illnesses and injuries, lab tests, women’s health, and care for children.

Patients may make appointments by calling 434.297.7800; walk-in visits are also welcome.

The mobile care unit also makes regular visits to the Fifeville and Southwood neighborhoods along with Yancey School Community Center in Esmont.

Services are scheduled to be expanded in March 2026 to Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall.

For more information, visit UVA Health’s mobile care website.