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Feb 7, 2018 · Data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information shows family doctors in Nova Scotia earn, on average, between $10,000 and $100,000 a year less than their counterparts in other...
Jan 11, 2023 · Nova Scotia’s primary care reporting is delayed (again). Here’s why that matters. One in seven Nova Scotians are now on the province’s waitlist for a family doctor or nurse practitioner—and the government is lagging in its reporting.
- 'Things Are Bad'
- Race to Recruit New Doctors
- Ontario Is 'Déjà Vu'
Added up, it was a challenging week for Nova Scotia's health-care system. "As a political scientist, I'm very careful about how you bandy about the word 'crisis' because it is politically loaded," said Katherine Fierlbeck, a political science professor at Halifax's Dalhousie University who specializes in health policy and has written a book about t...
Patient demographics are one important factor. Nova Scotia has one of the oldest populations in the country, and older patients make different demands on the health-care system. "They require more meds, more tests and they come in more often and the visits are going to be longer," said Fierlbeck. And many younger family doctors are choosing to stru...
That's a story that will sound familiar to many in Ontario, where the province is also creating a single super-health-care agency and focusing on deficit reduction. This week, headlines reflected the increasing tension between the provincial government and several large municipalities over cuts to public health. 1. 'Torontonians will die': City cal...
Jan 24, 2024 · OTTAWA - Most Canadians don't think the quality of health care in their province is likely to improve, a new survey suggests, despite new federal health accords with several provinces...
Jun 22, 2022 · The most praise came from Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia, where 30 per cent of respondents approved of their governments' handling of health care; but even in those provinces, negative opinions...
Jun 14, 2023 · The province is hiring more doctors—the trouble is, it just hasn’t been fast enough. From April 2022 to March 2023, Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health hired a combined 168 doctors. In the same span, 82 doctors left the province, retired or closed their practice.
Feb 15, 2023 · Nova Scotia’s primary care reporting is delayed (again). Here’s why that matters. One in seven Nova Scotians are now on the province’s waitlist for a family doctor or nurse practitioner—and the government is lagging in its reporting.
