Doctor Waitlist

• Nova Scotia promises better care with revamped family doctor wait-list

  Now when people join the list, health officials will speak with them about their needs, a change the government says will provide better and faster care. 

  Health

  Jan 26
  
• How many Nova Scotians are on the doctor wait-list? Number hit 160,000 in June

  Nova Scotia's New Democrats are calling on Premier Tim Houston to immediately release statistics on how many people are looking for a family doctor.

  Health

  Sep 11, 2024
  
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• Woman gets family doctor in N.S. two years after joining registry

  Although relieved to no longer be one of the more than 150,000 names on the Need a Family Practice Registry, Shira Lurie says the worry hasn't gone away.

  Health

  Aug 24, 2023
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• Why pharmacists in N.S. want an even wider scope to help ease health-care strain

  The Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists says doctors should provide a diagnosis and pharmacists should take over prescribing and managing prescriptions.

  Health

  Aug 8, 2023
• N.S. offering nurses $10,000 bonuses to keep them from leaving health system

  Premier Tim Houston announced Monday that Nova Scotia is offering nurses $10,000 bonuses to keep working in the province's public health system.

  Canada

  Mar 20, 2023
• New Brunswick doctor waitlist falls to 59,000: ‘This will alleviate some of the stress’

  Following the introduction of new NB Health Link clinics, Health Minister Bruce Fitch says the waitlist for a primary care provider has fallen since the high of 74,000.

  Health

  Jan 20, 2023
• Kingston woman with rare disease scared she is losing her family doctor

  A Kingston woman with a rare disease says she's worried what losing her family doctor will mean for her health.

  Health

  Jul 25, 2022
• New CEO of N.S. health authority aims to change ‘critical narrative’ around healthcare

  Dr. Brendan Carr has decades of emergency department experience and recently took on the role of CEO for the Nova Scotia Health Authority.

  Health

  Jan 7, 2020
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• ‘I think there should be prioritization’: Nova Scotia woman calls for change to doctor waitlist

  When asked about the growing number of people on the waitlist, the Minister of Health Randy Delory could not give a timeline when the number might start going down.

  Health

  Nov 15, 2018