Doctors Manitoba

• More doctors, less retention: New Manitoba report

  A new report from Doctors Manitoba says the province gained more physicians over the past year, but is still struggling to retain them.

  Health

  Oct 30, 2025
  
• Sick notes add to pressure on health-care system, Manitoba doctors say

  Doctors Manitoba says physicians field requests for more than 600,000 sick notes every year from employees who take time off work, and that takes time away from treating patients.

  Health

  Jun 17, 2025
  
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• Group representing physicians in Manitoba renew calls to end sick notes

  Doctors Manitoba says physicians write roughly 600,000 sick notes per year and by eliminating them it can free up more than 300,000 visits for patients. 

  Health

  Mar 13, 2025
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• Manitoba doctors overwhelmingly concerned about impacts of trade war, report says

  Stress over the potential impact of U.S. tariffs could have a detrimental effect on Manitobans' heath, an organization representing physicians across the province says.

  Health

  Feb 28, 2025
• Doctors Manitoba targets American physicians in recruitment push

  The push continues to get more doctors into our province and Doctors Manitoba is looking into what it calls an untapped market for recruitment: The United States of America.

  Health

  Dec 17, 2024
• ‘It’s early days’: Doctors Manitoba says reducing surgical wait-list will be uphill battle

  An organization representing Manitoba physicians says it's troubling to see statistics showing the province having the second-largest surgical wait-list in Canada.

  Health

  Oct 31, 2024
• Health-care workers recruited from trip to Philippines in Manitoba: province

  "These individuals will be working as nurses or health-care aides, depending on their current clinical competency," the spokesperson's statement read.

  Consumer

  Jan 25, 2024
• Stay healthy this winter with Doctors Manitoba’s fun challenge, exciting contest

  Everybody who pledges to take a step towards getting healthy will have a chance to win six months of free groceries and many other goodies.

  Health

  Jan 23, 2024
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• Manitoba physician numbers far below national average, report finds

  A new report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information shows Manitoba had 215 doctors per 100,000 residents in 2022, the second lowest rate in Canada.

  Health

  Oct 30, 2023
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• Doctors Manitoba eager to begin working with new government on health-care solutions

  Premier-designate Wab Kinew and his party campaigned on improving health care and bringing back three emergency rooms that were converted into urgent care centres.

  Politics

  Oct 4, 2023