Ontario family doctors left the profession at the start of the pandemic at double the rate of the years before COVID-19 hit, new research indicates. About three percent of family doctors across the province – 385 doctors – stopped practising between March and September 2020, according to a study led by Unity Health Toronto that…
Pandemic Spurred Exodus of Ontario Family Doctors, Study Indicates
40% of British Columbians Fear Losing Their Family Doctor to Practice Closure or Retirement: Study
In the midst of a province-wide doctor shortage, forty percent of British Columbians who have a family doctor say they are worried about losing that health provider due to practice closure or retirement, new research shows. One million British Columbians currently don’t have, or can’t get, a family doctor, according to a position paper published on…
Civil Rights Lawyer Wants Quebec Permit System for Doctors Declared Unconstitutional
Montreal-based civil rights lawyer Julius Grey said Friday he will ask a judge next week to suspend Quebec’s system for determining how many family doctors can practise in a specific region of the province. Earlier this week, Health Minister Christian Dubé reduced the number of new family doctors allowed to practise in Montreal and increased…
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