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Consultant Specialists of BC in partnership with Doctors of BC surveyed 1,000 specialists.
A specialist’s average waitlist has 282 patients with the first consultation happening at four weeks for urgent cases.
70 per cent of respondents say they have increased their workloads due to growing waitlists.
B.C. Minister of Health Josie Osbourne said the province is taking steps to lower wait times for patients.
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