Ontario Family Doctors
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32,000 residents in Peterborough area without family doctor; 63K by 2026: reportIn 2023, an Ontario College of Family Physicians survey over more than 1,300 family doctors showed 65 per cent plan to leave or change their practice in the next five years.HealthFeb 29
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Ontario family doctors facing burnout, shortage to worsen, OMA saysThey 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.HealthMay 31, 2023
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Group representing Ontario family doctors calls for more involvement in COVID-19 vaccinationsHealth Minister Christine Elliott says more vaccine supply will be sent to primary care physicians in the future, though she did not provide specifics.HealthMar 23, 2021
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Ontario doctors struggle to keep up amid ‘unnecessary’ requests for coronavirus clearance notes"Family doctors, like myself, don’t want to have to see perfectly healthy patients when there are very sick ones who need our time more."HealthMar 12, 2020
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Kingston needs to pin down concrete numbers on doctor shortage, says medical consultantJust how many people are living without a family doctor in Kingston? A local medical consultant who's worked on the issue says there's evidence that the numbers are growing.CanadaNov 16, 2018
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