57 h. ago One fix to the family doctor crisis? Not every problem needs a doctor

How Canada Wins: Other health professionals can help fill gaps in primary care 'if only we let them'

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1 week ago N.B. woman without family doctor turns to private sector for ADHD meds

A New Brunswick woman says she has no choice but to turn to the private sector to get refills for her medication -- and it's a costly process.

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1 week ago Calgary doctor reprimanded for inappropriately touching medical assistant

Calgary family doctor sanctioned for touching a medical assistant's breast without her consent

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1 week ago City councillors eye boost in funding to recruit family doctors

A city council committee endorsed increased funding for a family doctor recruitment strategy that has had some success, even if some members are uneasy about it. Council’s community and protective services committee ultimately recommended an $80,000 funding extension to the primary-care recruitment and retention program, funded through the city-funded London Economic Development Corp. (LEDC) reserve […]

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2 w. ago ‘What do I do?’ This woman lives in severe pain and is losing her family doctor

A New Brunswick woman losing her family doctor faces a dire situation: she can't renew her prescription for controlled substances, leaving her to wait in emergency rooms.

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2 w. ago ‘What do I do?’ This N.B. woman lives in severe pain and is losing her family doctor

A New Brunswick woman losing her family doctor faces a dire situation: she can't renew her prescription for controlled substances, leaving her to wait in emergency rooms.

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2 w. ago The LFP Podcast, ep. 203: The cold reality of London's doctor shortage

More than 100 Londoners lined up in the biting cold in hopes they could finally have a family doctor.

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2 w. ago Winnipegger urges patients to advocate for themselves after mother’s delayed cancer diagnosis

Her family says Zoe Leslie had been to the doctor repeatedly in the past several months, and was told her symptoms were nothing serious.

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last month 100+ Londoners line up in frigid cold for chance at family doctor

More than 100 people braved blowing snow and frigid temperatures Saturday morning for the chance to sign up for a family doctor in London, a city with 71,000 people who don’t have one. As of 9:05 a.m., five minutes after doors opened to Grow Family Health at 320 Adelaide St. S., dozens of people were […]

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