September 23, 2014 - Vancouver Sun: As B.C.’s remote towns and cities hold barbecues and tout their outdoorsy lifestyles in a bid to attract young doctors, the province’s health minister acknowledged it’s going to be a challenge to reach the ambitious goal of providing all British Columbians with their own general practitioner by 2015.
Terry Lake says there is still a lot of work to do in the next 15 months to reach the “lofty” goal set three years ago by his predecessor Kevin Falcon and the province is looking to other alternatives, such as providing nurse practitioners and interdisciplinary teams to fill the void. Read more