The president of the Alberta Medical Association says a January survey of family doctors in the province suggests primary care is in critical condition.
There are now 2.5 million people in Ontario who don't have a family doctor, the Ontario College of Family Physicians said on Thursday. That's an increase of more than 160,000 people since the last count was released six months ago.The latest figures on the shortage of family physicians in Ontario comes from data collected in September 2023. There are now 2.5 million people in Ontario who don't have a family doctor, the Ontario College of Family Physicians said on Thursday.
The data is updated every six months and counts people as not having a family doctor if they are "uncertainly attached" — meaning they aren't rostered with a specific doctor or community health centre that provides their care continuously. That includes people who get care from walk-in clinics and emergency departments, as well as people who don't use primary care at all.
"Some of my newer colleagues who recently started practice, they closed taking on new patients by six months because they're full," Varughese said.
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Number of Ontarians without family doctor reaches 2.5 million, college saysTORONTO — The Ontario College of Family Physicians says there are now 2.5 million people in the province who don't have a family doctor. The college says that's an increase of more than 160,000 people since the last count was released six months ago.
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Number of Ontarians without family doctor reaches 2.5 million, college saysTORONTO — The Ontario College of Family Physicians says there are now 2.5 million people in the province who don't have a family doctor. The college says that's an increase of more than 160,000 people since the last count was released six months ago.
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Number of Ontarians without family doctor reaches 2.5 million, college saysThe Ontario College of Family Physicians says there are now 2.5 million people in the province who don't have a family doctor.
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Number of Ontarians without family doctor reaches 2.5 million, college saysThat's up 160,000 in the last six months
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Number of Ontarians without family doctor reaches 2.5 million, college saysThere are now 2.5 million people in Ontario who don't have a family doctor, the Ontario College of Family Physicians said on Thursday.
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Number of Ontarians without family doctor reaches 2.5 million, college saysThere are now 2.5 million people in Ontario who don't have a family doctor, the Ontario College of Family Physicians said on Thursday.
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