Family Doctors
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B.C. city’s solution to family doctor shortage: Hire its own physiciansThe City of Colwood is directly hiring family physicians under a new pilot project that could connect thousands of residents with primary care.Health12 hours
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Better pay, more options in new Alberta family doctor compensation modelThe Alberta government said the new primary care physician compensation model aims to not only help the province's existing, overworked physicians — but also attract new ones.HealthDec 19
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B.C. doctors want need for sick notes for short-term illnesses eliminatedThe BC College of Family Physicians said recent survey data showed that 30 per cent of a family physician’s time has been spent on administrative tasks, including sick notes.HealthNov 27
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More than 200 Ontario communities don’t have family doctors accepting new patients: reportThe internal report, leaked to the Ontario Liberals on Wednesday and published by the party, shows 205 Ontario communities don't have family doctors taking on new patients.HealthNov 27
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Surgical backlogs ease in Canada, but millions still struggle for primary care: CIHIA new report by the CIHI says 83 per cent of adults in this country have a regular primary-care provider, but that still leaves 5.4 million adults without one.HealthOct 24
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Family doctors say B.C. making progress on physician shortage, but crisis remainsFamily doctors say B.C.'s new payment model is attracting new physicians and slowing the 'exodus' of colleagues, but that the province still has a 'massive' primary care crisis.HealthOct 17
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Quebec floated plan to shift doctors to most vulnerable. Are they reconsidering?Quebec floated a plan to reassign family doctors from healthy patients to the most vulnerable, a move experts warn could be 'detrimental' to overall patient care.HealthOct 17
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Kingston’s doctor recruitment program putting a dent in patient wait-listA doctor recruitment program in Kingston is adding more physicians into a field where thousands of await to be registered with a family health care provider.HealthJun 4
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Family doctors in Belleville, Ont. say government pay is not enoughFamily doctors in the city of Belleville say they are getting paid around $39 from the government for every patient visit, which they say isn't enough to cover their costs.CanadaMay 16
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End of deal with family doctors could jeopardize Quebecers’ access to health careGeneral practitioners are warning patients could soon be without access to primary care services, if the Quebec government doesn't reach a deal with its union by the end of May.PoliticsApr 18
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