Family Physicians

• London-area health-care providers seek city dollars to fund recruitment program facing skepticism

  In a request a city committee will discuss Tuesday, the health team is asking the city to contribute $80,000 annually to run a primary care recruitment and retention program.

  Canada

  Jul 17, 2023
  
• Ontario rural communities struggle to recruit family physicians

  The search to replace a retired family doctor in Verona began in 2016, and the hunt continues.

  Health

  Jun 2, 2023
  
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• Ontario announces more doctor spots for Queen’s University school of medicine

  Positions will be rolled out between 2023 and 2028 and by the end of that time, the university will have a total of 134 undergraduate and 178 post graduate positions.

  Health

  Apr 24, 2023
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• More than 400K people in Toronto are without a family doctor, new data suggests

  The data from INSPIRE Primary Health Care, released Wednesday, suggests at least 72,000 people in Toronto lost their family doctor between March 2020 and March 2022. 

  Health

  Apr 6, 2023
• Sask. physician incentive more than quadrupling for rural and remote communities

  The Rural Physician Incentive Program in Saskatchewan will now offer $200,000 over five years to attract family physicians to practice in rural and remote communities.

  Health

  Mar 15, 2023
• Thousands sign up for B.C.’s new doctor pay model, but many others still on the fence

  Doctors of BC says more than 2,000 physicians have signed up for the Longitudinal Family Practice pay scheme in the five weeks since it took effect

  Health

  Mar 6, 2023
• Step in the right direction but not a remedy, says Okanagan doctor on physician recruitment plan

  The program will place the physicians in rural and urban communities, where physicians are badly needed.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2022
• Mobile health clinic in N.S. aims to alleviate strain on ERs

  A new mobile health clinic aiming to help the more than 100,000 Nova Scotians without a family doctor spent the weekend at the Cobequid Community Health Centre.

  Health

  Nov 20, 2022
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• Saskatchewan health-care workers share staff and demand concerns to SMA

  The provincial budget made the biggest investment into health care in Saskatchewan history, however doctors said that will not help them in the tough months to come.

  Health

  May 6, 2022
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• N.B. health minister says help coming for doctors

  New Brunswick's health minister says a standardized hospitalist program will help reduce pressure on family physicians across the province.

  Health

  Mar 1, 2022