Tag: family doctor

Pandemic Spurred Exodus of Ontario Family Doctors, Study Indicates

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…


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…