Physician assistants say they could help ease pressure on N.S. health system
With Nova Scotia’s medical staff shortages, long surgery wait times and lingering barriers to primary care, physician assistants say they are an untapped resource in the province.
Peter Thibeault, the Nova Scotia director of the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants, said he doesn’t understand why the “immeasurable” value of physician assistants, known as PAs, is not being recognized in the province. As of April 1, there were 88,300 Nova Scotians on the province’s primary care wait-list, a record high. In March 2022, there were 27,000 Nova Scotians waiting for surgery, according to results from a freedom of information request by the Nova Scotia NDP.
Provincial governments or colleges of physicians and surgeons in New Brunswick, Manitoba, Alberta and Ontario have made provisions for physician assistants to work in civilian facilities.Nova Scotia health-care workers respond to eased restrictions – Mar 16, 2022
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Nova Scotia scales back non resident property tax after criticism it was ‘unfair’ - Halifax | Globalnews.caHouston's government introduced the tax as a way to encourage non-residents to sell their properties to locals, but the measure drew fire from dozens of owners.
Read more »
Nova Scotia mass shooting gunman drew police attention 10 years before killings | Globalnews.caThe report tabled Tuesday by the public inquiry into the Nova Scotia killings says the gunman was the subject of police investigations on at least two occasions.
Read more »
Nova Scotia mass shooting gunman drew police attention decade before killingsA report says the Nova Scotia mass shooter was the subject of multiple police investigations ten years before the two-day rampage in April 2020
Read more »
Mass shootings caused by 'masculinity,' says report commissioned by Nova Scotia inquiryThe paper makes few mentions of the April 2020 massacre in which a 51\u002Dyear\u002Dold man driving a replica police car murdered 22 people
Read more »
Nova Scotia mass shooting gunman’s estranged brother called him paranoid and darkA man who was put up for adoption in the U.S. told RCMP that his brother, the Nova Scotia gunman, shared stories about his ‘awful’ upbringing
Read more »
Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry limited as it confronts American witnessesThe inquiry investigating the 2020 mass shooting found two key witnesses who are of particular interest due to their close relationship to the killer
Read more »