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Jul 12, 2022 · Family doctors are pushing back against claims that they are partly responsible for the woes of hospital emergency rooms across Ontario by limiting patients' in-person appointments.
Jan 11, 2024 · The Canadian Medical Association is calling on provinces and territories to rebuild the health-care system to provide more access for patients amid reports of overflowing emergency rooms across...
Apr 3, 2019 · The new system may be rewarding doctors who discourage their patients from visiting walk-in clinics in off hours instead sending them to crowded emergency rooms. It's the unintended consequence...
Jan 16, 2024 · With a family doctor shortage, increasing burnout among health-care workers and ever-growing wait times at emergency departments putting more and more pressure on Ontario’s health-care system,...
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Jun 24, 2023 · New figures from May show patients in Ontario emergency rooms are waiting longer than ever to be seen by a doctor. Some are questioning whether family doctors need to be part of the solution...
Dec 21, 2023 · Staff at Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital are calling for systemic changes just two days after its emergency room was more than three times above its capacity.
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Feb 9, 2024 · This will also help reduce backlogs for surgeries and wait times in emergency rooms while improving access to care for patients without a family doctor, especially in rural, remote, and underserved areas.
