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Mar 11, 2024 · Organizations representing doctors in Ontario say the province's payments to family physicians have fallen well behind inflation, and the erosion of their income is prompting doctors to opt out...
May 22, 2024 · Family medicine is experiencing burnout on an unprecedented scale, while patients in small towns line up for hours if a new clinic opens, just in hopes of getting in. Two million Ontarians are currently without a family doctor and this is expected to double in the next 5-10 years.
Feb 16, 2024 · The Ontario Medical Association is sounding the alarm about the increasing number of family physicians leaving practice. Some 2.3 million Ontarians are currently without a family doctor....
Feb 21, 2024 · At a panel discussion held by the Ontario Medical Association, doctors cited administrative burdens and declining pay and called for immediate reforms.
Feb 19, 2024 · The comments came out Feb. 15 in an online news conference hosted by the OMA to discuss why so many family physicians are quitting the practice of family medicine because the system no longer works for them.
Mar 22, 2024 · Family doctors — and groups that represent them — have been calling for a more sustainable economic model for family medicine and a reduction in the growing administrative burden that many...
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May 30, 2023 · An alarming number of family doctors – 65 per cent – are preparing to leave the profession or reduce hours in the next five years, reporting that they are overwhelmed with unnecessary administrative work and a lack of support. Already, 2.2 million are without a family doctor.
