Simrin Sangha meets with her patient Jane Cassie at the Axis Primary Care Clinic in Surrey, British Columbia on Tuesday, November 2, 2021.
Most Canadian adults, 83 per cent, say they have access to a regular family doctor or nurse practitioner, according to a new report. But those with a dedicated provider may face lengthy waits, the report's author says.Family doctors and nurse practitioners are considered the lynchpin in managing health care services. While most Canadians have a primary-care provider, getting a timely appointment is another matter.
"Some of it might be because people have more chronic conditions that take longer when they have a visit." In 2023, 5.4 million Canadians aged 18 and older didn't have access to a regular health care provider, such as a family doctor, general practitioner, medical specialist or nurse practitioner, according to the report.
Venugopal, who works evenings and overnight at three urban hospitals, said a "concerning minority" of patients he sees may not have a family doctor or one who is accessible to follow up after he applies stitches to get them removed. "It was a really scary time in my life having those symptoms," Kedy recalled. "I remember doing the wild goose chases and going to two or three hospitals over a number of days before I was actually able to get seen and supported, which is really unfortunate because that has caused a lot of frustration, mental health stress, and even times where I feel so defeated."
But family physicians are on average seeing fewer patients per year, from 1,746 in 2013 to 1,353 in 2021, CIHI previously reported.National nurse practitioner association calls for N.L. to embrace public funding model
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