Family Doctors Canada

• Majority of Canadians support private options for health care, poll shows

  As provinces turn to the private sector to address health system pressures, a new poll suggests a majority of Canadians are open to the idea of private delivery of health care.

  Canada

  Feb 6, 2023
  
• Doctors across Canada eyeing changes to B.C. family physician pay with cautious optimism

  Health practitioners across Canada are closely watching a promised overhaul of B.C.'s payment model for family doctors – changes that some say are a 'step in the right direction.'

  Health

  Nov 2, 2022
  
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• ‘Frustrating’ and ‘devastating’: The domino effect of family doctor, LTC shortages on ERs

  Canadians are increasingly forced to seek non-urgent medical care in emergency departments due to a growing shortage of family physicians across the country.

  Health

  Aug 30, 2022
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• Foreign doctors ready to help are ‘sidelined’ by regulation, expert says

  Despite thousands of experienced foreign doctors living in Canada ready and willing to help amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, many say they are being sidelined.

  Health

  Nov 13, 2021
• Virtual or in-person care? Post-pandemic, Canadian doctors say there’s room for both

  The move to include telemedicine is being embraced by some physicians and patients who think it could become a permanent component of the healthcare system moving forward.

  Health

  Oct 25, 2021