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Feb 27, 2024 · The OurCare report concludes that the best way to solve Canadians' crisis of confidence in primary care is with a relatively straightforward, if elusive, fix: bring in more doctors and nurse ...
- Why it's hard to find a family doctor — and what's being done ...
For Thompson, her go-to source of primary health care has...
- Why it's hard to find a family doctor — and what's being done ...
Jan 29, 2024 · Lack of access to a family doctor can negatively impact health outcomes. “The result of the doctor shortage is people left with health-care concerns that need attention. Heart-breaking things can happen when patients don’t have primary care,” said Dr. Park. “Our goal is to make sure everyone in Ontario has access to a family doctor.
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Feb 16, 2024 · Canada's family doctor shortage: 10 million will soon lack access to primary care. Family doctors are retiring and moving into other areas of medicine, creating a disaster for a country with ...
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Oct 24, 2024 · Findings reinforce report published earlier this year by three senators, which says Canada faces a primary care crisis in which 10 million Canadians could be without a family doctor in the next decade
Oct 12, 2023 · Expand access to team-based care for all Ontarians when and where they need it; Build a northern and rural physician workforce strategy; Growing number of doctors reporting burnout. The primary care crisis has taken an enormous toll on patients and doctors alike, with almost three-quarters of physicians reporting some level of burnout in 2021.
Jan 31, 2023 · For Thompson, her go-to source of primary health care has been walk-in clinics. "Even though the family doctors that I did see there were very helpful … I was constantly having to retell my ...
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Members of the public who participated in OurCare put forward key solutions to the attachment crisis affecting 22 per cent of Canadian adults without primary care access. These include: Scaling up community-governed interprofessional primary care teams.
