Training program focuses on #FamilyDoctors, experts call for overhaul | CTV News https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/new-medical-program-dedicated-to-producing-family-doctors-amid-shortage-1.6549757 ““is a growing sentiment among the public saying ‘what kind of a country are we that lets 20 to 25 percent of our people go without access to care?’ We wouldn't let 20 to 25 percent of our children (go) without access to public schools, we have been able to set up a public school system where everyone has access, why can't we develop systems where every #Canadian has access to #PrimaryCare?”

I love being an #ER doctor—but the patient load is crushing - Macleans.ca https://macleans.ca/society/andrew-battison-health-care-petition/ “our careers as they are now are not sustainable. #FamilyDoctors and emergency room physicians and #nurses in Calgary—and probably in many other urban centres in Canada—are overworked, understaffed and #demoralized”
via @jvipondmd

“Many #FamilyDoctors have left their practices since the start of the #pandemic, leaving some #Canadians struggling to find providers, especially in rural and remote areas. According to #CIHI, the Atlantic provinces had the highest percentage of respondents who said that providers in their area were not taking new patients.

lessons about #VirtualCare learned during the pandemic should not replace in-person care but be used to help improve access to care and reduce costs.”

#Medical students' interest in being #familydoctors on decline even as provinces boost training spots

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/medical-students-family-doctors-declining-interest-1.6801372

“One in two #BritishColumbians will get #cancer in their lifetime, so it is a system-wide problem and yes, primary care factors importantly in that,” he said. “Not just in the #screening and #prevention world, but also as patients go through their [care] management, they rely on their #FamilyDoctors to be quarterbacks.”

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/more-support-needed-in-b-c-cancer-plan-for-those-without-family-doctors-advocates-say-1.6310298

Global News BC: Thousands sign up for B.C.’s new doctor pay model, but many others still on the fence https://globalnews.ca/news/9531008/family-doctor-pay-model-signup/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #FamilyPhysicians #doctorpaymodel #FamilyPractice #FamilyDoctors #DoctorsOfBC #newpaymodel #BCpolitics #AnnaWolak #BCDoctors #Doctors #Health #BCNDP

“The organization said so far, 2024 #FamilyDoctors have enrolled in the new #LongitudinalFamilyPractice pay scheme, which is intended to address issues the province is having recruiting and retaining physicians.

The figure represents about 45 per cent of longitudinal family doctors, and includes 149 doctors who are returning to family practice after working elsewhere in the health-care system.”

https://globalnews.ca/news/9527599/bc-new-doctor-pay-model-uptake/

“The problem is expected to get worse.

In less than a decade, as the baby boomer cohort retires en masse and the population grows by some 500,000 people a year, Canada will be short an estimated 43,900 physicians — including more than 30,000 #FamilyDoctors and general practitioners, the bank reported.”

Whither #RuralHealth ?

“Patients without #familydoctors in B.C.’s #urban areas have been signing on to the province’s #HealthConnectRegistry. And now, doctors who participate in a new payment model will be required to supply the province with a #roster of active patients.

This summer, the province plans to begin merging those lists in hopes of connecting patients with family doctors who have room for them.”

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/province-to-start-merging-lists-of-patients-who-need-doctors-doctors-who-can-take-patients-6507437

Why is Canada snubbing internationally trained doctors during a health-care crisis?
#Canada #Health #Politics #Immigration #Doctors #HealthCare #Immigrants #Physicians #DoctorShortage #FamilyDoctors #HealthCareCrisis
https://the-14.com/why-is-canada-snubbing-internationally-trained-doctors-during-a-health-care-crisis/

@TuThanhHa
My family doctor is a resident that changes every two years. I’m not happy with the current one, but can’t get a replacement. I have chronic fatigue probably related to having had Covid more than once, but she wouldn’t even talk about it. I just got pressure to take a medication (for something else) that could cause an electrolyte imbalance, “but it might go away later,” she said. 😒 Other than routine tests they mostly just push meds now. I’m fed up. 🧑🏻‍⚕️ #Quebec #FamilyDoctors

Flu, RSV and COVID-19: Advice from family doctors on how to get through this winter’s ‘tripledemic’
#Health #HealthCare #Flu #Influenza #RSV #COVID19 #Viruses #FamilyDoctors #Doctors #Winter
https://the-14.com/flu-rsv-and-covid-19-advice-from-family-doctors-on-how-to-get-through-this-winters-tripledemic/

Ontario asks family clinics to work nights, weekends to help overwhelmed hospitals https://bit.ly/3ExqEty #onthealth #OHIP #ottnews #FamilyDoctors #RSV #OntarioHospitals #Ottawa #ICU #onpoli

Ontario asks family clinics to work nights, weekends to help overwhelmed hospitals https://bit.ly/3ExqEty #onthealth #OHIP #ottnews #FamilyDoctors #RSV #OntarioHospitals #Ottawa #ICU #onpoli

COVID-19 burden to fall on primary care, Ontario needs new approach: science table | CP24 https://bit.ly/3Ecxdmw #COVIDOntario #ScienceTable #COVID19 #FamilyDoctors #Cooronavirus #onpoli

'Crumbling around us': Family doctor describes Ontario's healthcare situation https://bit.ly/3p0MjCW #FamilyDoctors #GP #GPO #doctors #onpoli