Family Doctors

• Ontario family doctors facing burnout, shortage to worsen, OMA says

  They say as of March 2022, there were 2.2 million Ontarians who didn't have a regular family doctor, an increase of 450,000 people in just two years.

  Health

  May 31
  
• Saskatoon morning news rewind: Thursday, May 18

  Here's a look back on who was on 'Global News Morning Saskatoon' for Thursday, May 18.

  Blogs

  May 18
  
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• New compensation model announced for family doctors in Saskatchewan

  Doctors in Saskatchewan will now get a base rate for a standard range of services for each patient, but will also get additional fee-for-service payments for extra services.

  Health

  May 5
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• More than 400K people in Toronto are without a family doctor, new data suggests

  The data from INSPIRE Primary Health Care, released Wednesday, suggests at least 72,000 people in Toronto lost their family doctor between March 2020 and March 2022. 

  Health

  Apr 6
• 6 Kingston family doctors set to retire in May

  Roughly 8,000 patients will have to find new family doctors. Retiring physicians tried to find replacements but were unsuccessful.

  Canada

  Mar 24
• ‘If the grass is greener’: Saskatoon physician calls for primary care reform

  Wednesday, the Saskatchewan government announced an additional $431 million to the Ministry of Health's budget, but doctors say more is needed to keep physicians in the province.

  Health

  Mar 22
• Sask. physician incentive more than quadrupling for rural and remote communities

  The Rural Physician Incentive Program in Saskatchewan will now offer $200,000 over five years to attract family physicians to practice in rural and remote communities.

  Health

  Mar 15
• Retirement of two doctors from N.S. clinic to impact thousands of patients

  Thousands of people will lose their access to primary care upon the retirement of Dr. Margaret Rowicka and Dr. Mary O'Neill, who work at the Spryfield Family Medicine clinic.

  Health

  Mar 13
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• 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

  Health

  Mar 6
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• SUMA calls for provincial assistance for rural health care and landfill decommissioning

  SUMA said some funding was made available to help with the landfill decommissioning transition, but added that the cost is still a barrier for small communities.

  Canada

  Mar 6