New Brunswick Medical Society

• N.B. premier says new deal with physicians will lead to improved primary care access

  The premier of New Brunswick says her government is set to sign a new four-year agreement with the provincial medical society that will improve access to primary care.

  Health

  Nov 20, 2025
  
• N.B. Medical Society says alternative primary care program contributing to family doctor shortage

  The New Brunswick Medical Society believes programs offered by the province for patients without family doctors may actually be contributing to the physician shortage.

  Health

  Jan 11, 2024
  
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• New Brunswick Medical Society seeks more funding for province’s health-care system

  Paula Keating, president of the New Brunswick Medical Society and a family doctor for over 30 years, said many health-care workers in the province are burned out. 

  Canada

  Oct 5, 2023
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• N.B. medical society says forcing children to see psychologist pathologizes gender identity

  The New Brunswick Medical Society says changes to Policy 713 makes exploring gender identity among students an issue of mental health, which is not based in evidence.

  Education

  Aug 17, 2023
• N.B. medical society pushes back on political intervention in health care

  The New Brunswick Medical Society says recent political intervention and interference has left healthcare workers feeling frustrated, disrespected and undervalued.

  Health

  Aug 12, 2022
• ‘It’s broken promises until it isn’t’: N.B. doctor waitlist grows to 74K people

  The Patient Connect List has grown again, this time to 74,000 people, according to the Department of Health. It's leaving patients in limbo.

  Health

  Aug 10, 2022
• N.B. hospitals report a plateau in COVID-19 numbers

  According to the province’s two health authorities, New Brunswick may have passed the peak of COVID-19’s fifth wave.

  Health

  Apr 21, 2022
• Nearly 600 N.B. health-care workers off job due to COVID-19 as restrictions set to lift

  In New Brunswick, there are nearly 600 health-care workers off the job due to COVID-19, which has some unions representing workers worried.

  Health

  Mar 10, 2022
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• N.B. health minister says help coming for doctors

  New Brunswick's health minister says a standardized hospitalist program will help reduce pressure on family physicians across the province.

  Health

  Mar 1, 2022
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• COVID-19: New Brunswick Opposition leaders support move to Level 3

  New Brunswick steps closer to a province-wide lockdown than it’s been since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and officials are making their stance known.

  Politics

  Jan 14, 2022