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Global News - August 12, 2015: Fourteen internationally-trained doctors are fanning out across British Columbia as part of a program to provide better primary health care in rural areas. A release from the Ministry of Health says all 14 doctors will work as family physicians in a total of 11 communities, and each has pledged to remain in the same community for at least three years. Single physicians will set up practices in Dawson Creek, McBride, Terrace, Quesnel, Hazelton, Invermere, Castlegar and Powell River. Fort St. John, Lillooet and...Read more » |
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CTV News Vancouver Island - July 21, 2015: A veteran doctor says a shortage of physicians in Victoria is so bad that some clinics are being forced to close during scheduled hours. Long-time family doctor William Cavers says demand from patients is skyrocketing at a time when general practitioners are in short supply. “People are desperate,” Cavers said. “There’s a lot of people out there with ongoing health concerns who can’t get a family doctor and are seeking their care through walk-in clinics and through the emergency department.” The...Read more » |
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Maple Ridge News - July 23, 2015: A new website has been created to help residents of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows find a family doctor. A GP for Me is a program that has been recruiting doctors to live in the community. Run by the Ridge Meadows Division of Family Practice, it is now helping those doctors to attract patients. Patients who live in Maple Ridge and are looking for a doctor can visitfindadoctormapleridge.ca, and those who live in Pitt Meadows can see findadoctorpittmeadows.ca. A GP For Me was a partner initiative between the...Read more » |
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Campbell River Mirror - August 13, 2015: The Campbell River and District Division of Family Practice is pleased to announce the launch of “FETCH” (For Everything That’s Community Health). FETCH is a new, community web-based resource that helps the public and health care providers access comprehensive information about community health and social services in the Campbell River area. FETCH is a non-commercial, online searchable website designed for public use available at: www.campbellriver.fetchbc.ca . It provides valuable information about...Read more » |
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April 20, 2015 - Star 98.3: A new initiative launched by the Abbotsford Division of Family Practice will hopefully make things easier for people looking to get time with a physician. Right now in Abbotsford there are over 5000 people looking for a family doctor, while at the same time over 50 physicians who have patient openings. Read the full story |
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April 14, 2015 - 91.7 Coast FM: The doctors in the Sunshine Coast Division of Family Practice are working on some new initiatives to connect people with family physicians, and help them find their way through the health care system. |
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CTV News Vancouver Island - August 13, 2015: Like most island communities, Nanaimo is feeling the pinch from a lack of family doctors. A quarter of all doctors in the Harbour City plan to retire by 2017. But an aggressive new recruitment campaign is helping ease some of that burden. Click here to watch the full story. |
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CTV News Vancouver Island - July 21, 2015: A veteran doctor says a shortage of physicians in Victoria is so bad that some clinics are being forced to close during scheduled hours. Long-time family doctor William Cavers says demand from patients is skyrocketing at a time when general practitioners are in short supply. “People are desperate,” Cavers said. “There’s a lot of people out there with ongoing health concerns who can’t get a family doctor and are seeking their care through walk-in clinics and through the emergency department.” The diagnosis is so grim that some over-run walk-in clinics are having trouble providing service, he said. Read the full story |