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‘Frightening’ shortage of Canadian family doctor residents alarms experts – National |…
A record-breaking number of Canadian residents are turning away from family medicine, as hundreds of spots in the national residency program remain vacant.
March data from the Canadian Resident Matching Service showed 268 resident…
Halifax patient says medical records being held ‘hostage’ after losing family doctor |…
A patient of a Halifax clinic is expressing concerns after learning she would not only be losing her family doctor, but would also have to pay hundreds of dollars to obtain her family’s medical records.
Cornelia Schneider was recently…
Medical school ‘finally’ coming to Cape Breton by fall 2025: N.S. premier | Globalnews.ca
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has confirmed the province will be getting its second medical school.
Houston made the announcement in his State of the Province Address in Sydney, N.S., on Friday.“The rumours are true,” Houston said.…
Half of Canadians believe private options would worsen the health-care system, poll finds |…
Half of Canadians believe the creation of new private care options would have a negative impact on the country’s health-care system, an Angus Reid Institute poll suggests.
The August online survey of 2,279 adults from across the…
N.S. Tories facing heavy criticism for their health-care handling in Year 1 | Globalnews.ca
It’s been one year since Nova Scotians voted in a majority Progressive Conservative government after the party ran on a platform to fix health care.
“Getting Nova Scotians access to health care is what this campaign is all about,”…
Parents upset that Quebec pediatricians can no longer follow healthy children | Globalnews.ca
Victoria Aubé is a mother of three girls in Quebec.
Until recently, her children had been followed by a pediatrician, which means they’ve always had routine check ups.She was told that a new government policy will no longer allow for…
Despite health-care ‘crisis,’ internationally-trained doctors, nurses face barriers to work –…
Health worker shortages may be at “crisis” levels across Canada, according to those on the front lines. But for Suzanne Harris, a nurse trained in the U.K. who wants to work in Nova Scotia, she says it seems like the health system…
Health workers to premiers: find solutions to ‘crisis,’ don’t just ask Ottawa for funds –…
Amid what many are calling a health-care crisis, those on the front lines want Canadian premiers, who will gather for their first in-person meeting since 2019, to come up with a concrete action plan.
When Kaitlin Laverdure took her…
Pandemic stalls B.C. associate physician plan | Globalnews.ca
B.C.’s remedy for bringing more foreign-trained doctors into the medical profession has been delayed, sidelining potential candidates and prolonging pressure on the province’s health system, advocates say.
The Institute for Canadian…