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Auscandoc @[email protected] · 2025-02-04 · 21:50 UTC

There is currently a deficit of 22,823 between supply and demand for #familyphysicians in Canada, and only approximately 1,300 new graduates per year. At this rate, Canada will never solve the existing #physicianshortage” (2/2)

#familyphysicians #physicianshortage

Ms. Que Banh @[email protected] · 2024-08-16 · 14:53 UTC

*Me, my Mom & my youngest brother are some of the many thousands of patients in #BritishColumbia who have been on the #WaitingList for a new family #doctor since our previous GPs retired.*

When the province introduced its #HealthConnectRegistry in 2021, we were told this would help #patients to find a #FamilyPhysician.

About 900,000 #BritishColumbians have no doctor, and while the #Health Ministry continues to announce the recruitment of new #physicians, that number has remained fairly constant for years.

Yet the #inability of the Registry to make meaningful progress is only one of its failings.

More troubling is that the Registry makes no attempt to place patients based on their age or #medical condition. This conflicts with one of the basic principles underlying medical practice, that faced with an inability to treat everyone who needs help, those with the most pressing requirements should come first.

https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/editorial-tell-us-where-we-stand-in-queue-for-a-doctor-9358753?utm_source=Times+Colonist+Headline+News&utm_campaign=b06b386dfc-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d22ba5c6e6-a978a9ba3c-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=b06b386dfc&mc_eid=48512ab3b3

#BCpoli #PublicHealth #WeNeedFamilyDoctors #FireBonnieHenry #HealthCareCrisis #BChealthCare #StopEugenics #BCPublicHealth #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #BCgovernment #HealthCareFailures #AdrianDix #BonnieHenry #EbyTheEnabler #DavidEby #FamilyPhysicians #WeNeedDoctors #OathbreakerBonnie #BootBonnieHenry #CDNpoli

#cdnpoli #britishcolumbia #waitinglist #doctor #healthconnectregistry #patients

Auscandoc @[email protected] · 2024-03-25 · 16:57 UTC

@DocMCohen sorry this just ticks me off. #Naturopaths keep making this claim as if it’s something special they do.

This is the #BioPsychoSocial approach that _all_ #FamilyPhysicians practice.

“Their approach is to look at the whole person. So not just their physical aspects, but mental, emotional, social, environmental (factors)," [O’Reilly] said.

#naturopaths #biopsychosocial #familyphysicians