BC Doctors

• New study aims to collect, amplify rural voices in B.C. health care ‘crisis’

  According to the research team, many thousands of rural residents "often feel their health-care needs are overshadowed by urban-focused health policies."

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  Aug 1
  
• Community limits lifted on B.C.’s registry for residents who need family doctors

  The Health Connect Registry was a pilot program accessible only to patients in select communities. As of July 1, however, the waitlist has opened to all British Columbians.

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  Jul 5
  
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• Langley, Coquitlam medical clinics closing, leaving patients worried about finding new doctors

  The Gain Medical Centre's website says all five doctors at the Coquitlam clinic are slated to leave. One is moving to a clinic in Port Coquitlam, while the remainder are retiring.

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  Jun 27
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• B.C. MP calling for expedition of internationally-trained doctor certification amid shortage

  Bill Jakobs is a trained and tested abdominal surgeon, who has more than 600 surgeries under his belt, but says he can not get certified in Canada unless he goes back to school.

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  May 7
• B.C. doctor trained in Ukraine advocates for more residency spaces for foreign grads

  Mahir Mohammed said when he applied, around 3,000 residency spots were open for aspiring family doctors but only 10 per cent of them were reserved for foreign graduates.

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  Mar 26
• 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

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  Mar 6
• ‘A miracle’: Viewer gifts $20,000 so internationally-trained doctors can get certified in B.C.

  Marina Lousararian and Loicel Aguero are both trained specialists in their home countries, Argentina and Venezuela. But the cost of getting certified in Canada is very high.

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  Feb 10
• 122 minutes: Average wait time for Kelowna walk-in clinic

  According to Medimap, the average wait time at walk-in clinics in B.C. in 2022 was 79 minutes. That's 21 minutes longer than in 2021, and 36 minutes longer than in 2020.

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  Feb 7
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• B.C. government’s new doctor payment model comes into effect

  The Doctors of BC agrees the the province, the change will be transformative for family physicians and their futures within the province.

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  Feb 1
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• More internationally educated doctors on the way, B.C. government says

  It is a move to try and address the large issue of the lack of family doctors within the province.

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  Nov 27, 2022