Patients struggle to see doctors

May 28, 2014 - Salmon Arm Observer:

They may have doctors, but getting in to see them is another story.

That is one of the chief findings of a recent  Community Health Care Survey administered through the Shuswap North Okanagan Division of Family Practice.

Designed to assess the current state of primary health care in Salmon Arm, Sorrento, Sicamous, Enderby, Armstrong, Lumby and Vernon, the survey is a first step in A GP for Me, an initiative of Doctors of BC (formerly BC Medical Association) and the Ministry of Health.

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