Ontario Family Doctor Shortage
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‘An arms race:’ Ontario communities recruiting family doctors facing stiff competition | Globalnews.ca
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2.6 million Ontarians are without a family doctor, up from 1.8 million in 2020 .
The Ontario College of Family Physicians president says 65 per cent of physicians are thinking of stopping their practice in the next five years .
Communities are having to be creative to attract physicians to their communities.
The Ford government says Ontario has increased investment in connecting people to primary care by 50 per cent .
Orillia , Ontario , has budgeted $ 500,000 to open a walk-in clinic in its municipal building.
The idea is based on a similar plan by Colwood , B.C. , Coun . Ralph Cipolla said.
The doctors would be able to bill for procedures through OHIP , but other elements of the clinic would be handled by the city.
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