A new report by the CIHI says 83 per cent of adults in this country have a regular primary-care provider, but that still leaves 5.4 million adults without one.
says 83 per cent of adults in this country have a regular primary-care provider, but that still leaves 5.4 million adults without one.
It says seniors 65 years and older are more likely to have access to a family doctor or nurse practitioner than younger adults between 18 and 34.The CIHI report released Thursday morning measures the baseline of health priorities agreed upon by the federal government and the provinces and territories.
Holland said each of the health-care funding agreements signed with the provinces and territories includes targets for the number of doctors and nurses that need to be added to the workforce. Many rural and Indigenous communities are particularly hard-hit by the primary care shortage, the minister said in an interview by phone on Wednesday.
In addition to recruiting doctors, nurse practitioners and nurses from other jurisdictions, the solution requires a “sustained effort” to encourage more First Nations, Métis and Inuit people — as well as others living in small towns and rural areas — “to be choosing health careers and really seeing far more people serving their own communities,” Holland said.McDonald’s shares slide in wake of fatal E. coli outbreak. What to knowSask.
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