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• N.S. rolls out $10K incentive for doctors to take on sickest patients from wait list

  Nova Scotia is offering doctors $10,000 to take 50 patients off the province's registry of people waiting for family physicians. The waitlist has about 150,000 people.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2023
  
• N.S. doctor waitlist nears 14% of province’s total population

  Nova Scotia's doctor waitlist hit a record 137,587 people this month, in part due to people moving to the province and retirement among health-care practitioners.

  Health

  Mar 10, 2023
  
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• Retired doctor says Nova Scotia should incentivize doctors to reduce hours instead of retiring

  George Burden suggests the province do something like Newfoundland, which recently started waiving membership fees for currently retired physicians who opt to return to practice.

  Health

  Jan 30, 2023
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• N.S. walk-in clinics struggle with doctor recruitment

  "Lots of physicians don't want to do after-hours call, especially in a setting where the remuneration for after-hours work is less than what it would be for your office," said Dr. Cindy Marshall.

  Health

  Jun 4, 2019
• ‘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