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Category Archives: Media Coverage

LFP payment model: Dr. Justine Spencer live on Global News

Posted on February 2, 2023

BCCFP President Dr. Justine Spencer joined Sonia Sunger on Global News Morning BC and Simi Sara on CKNW 980 this morning (February 2) to discuss the launch of the new … Read More

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Dr. David May discusses options for parents who can’t find children’s pain medication

Posted on November 21, 2022

Can’t find children’s Tylenol in Kamloops, Okanagan? Here are some options | iNFOnews | Thompson-Okanagan’s News Source (infotel.ca)

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B.C. deal for doctors expected to include better compensation model

Posted on October 6, 2022

BCCFP Vice President, Dr. Justine Spencer on better compensation models for family physicians in the province. B.C. deal for doctors expected to include better compensation model

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Despite promise of new med school, no end in sight to the family doctor crisis

Posted on August 16, 2022

BCCFP President, Dr. David May, on the delay of the promised SFU medical school, and why the family doctor crisis will not end as long as family docs remain undervalued … Read More

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Doctor crisis: How much does it cost to become a family doctor?

Posted on July 7, 2022

BIV interview with Dr. David May, President of BCCFP

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B.C.’s healthcare system feeling effects of previous cuts

Posted on July 6, 2022

Opinion piece by Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconcilation, Murray Rankin

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No magic pill to cure North Shore family doctor shortage

Posted on July 4, 2022

There are about 8,000 people on a waiting list for a GP on the North Shore right now, and likely many more searching for a family doctor. Every month the … Read More

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B.C.’s Urgent Primary Care Centre plan not working say MLA

Posted on June 28, 2022

Read more from MLA Renee Merrifield

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Kamloops family still hoping for family doctor after eight years

Posted on June 19, 2022

Read the quote from Dr. David May & the full article on Infotel Kelowna.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged BC doctors, british columbia doctor shortage, doctor shortage, doctor shortage in BC, dr david may | Leave a comment

Why thousands of Thompson-Okanagan residents can’t find a family doctor

Posted on June 14, 2022

Infotel Kelowna, interview with Dr. Marjorie Docherty, a Kelowna physician who has been practicing family medicine in Canada since 1985.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged family doctor, family medicine in Canada, okanagan doctor, sunshine doctors | Leave a comment

BC Green Party leader to travel the province to discuss healthcare

Posted on June 9, 2022

Read more: ‘The people in this province are suffering’: BC Greens launch health-care tour

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged BC Green Party, British Columbia healthcare, healthcare, NDP government, provincial healthcare tour | Leave a comment

What can we do to get more family doctors in BC? (CAPACITY CRISIS – BC’s Healthcare System)

Posted on June 6, 2022

CKNW 980 Weekend Mornings with Sterling Faux, Interview with Dr. David May

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged british columbia doctors, David May, doctor shortage, doctors in BC | Leave a comment

These med students want to become family doctors. B.C.’s compensation model is making them think twice

Posted on June 2, 2022

The thought of running a business while caring for patients is ‘incredibly daunting,’ one student says. Read more on CBC News.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged BC family doctor shortage, BC family doctors, Doctors of BC, family doctor shortage | Leave a comment

Houston family doctor sounds alarm on family medicine crisis

Posted on June 1, 2022

Research shows almost 1 million British Columbians without a family doctor. Read the full article.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged BC doctor practice closure, BC doctor retirement, BC doctor shortage, doctors in BC, houston-based family doctor | Leave a comment

The daily ‘marathon’: A rare first-hand look at B.C. family doctors’ workload

Posted on June 1, 2022

CTV News, day in the life with Dr. Nazia Niazi  

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged BC family doctors, doctor crisis in BC, family doctor decline, family doctors in BC, increasing number of family doctors | Leave a comment

The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn – May 30, 2022

Posted on May 30, 2022

Read more:CBC Listen, med students choosing family practice.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged BC doctor shortage, family practice in BC, medical students, shortage of doctors in BC, Stephen Quinn | Leave a comment

Short-staffed urgent and primary care centres are failing to fix B.C.’s family doctor crisis, critics say

Posted on May 27, 2022

Some say province’s 26 UPCCs are only contributing to health-care staffing issues. Read more on CBC News. 

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged B.C.'s family doctor crisis, BC family doctor shortage, doctor crisis in BC, Short-staffed doctors, shortage of bc doctors | Leave a comment

BC NDP faces pressure over staffing crunch at urgent and primary care centres

Posted on May 27, 2022

View more: Global News, Primary and Urgent Care Centres

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged Adrian Dix, BC NDP, doctor shortage in BC, Doctors of B.C., unfilled doctor jobs | Leave a comment

BC Today with Michelle Eliot

Posted on May 27, 2022

CBC Listen: Interview with Dr. Rita McCracken and Camille Currie – Primary and Urgent Care Centres

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged B.C.'s family doctor shortage, BC doctor data, BC doctor shortage, BC health ministry, doctor shortage in BC | Leave a comment

How a ‘Band-Aid’ urgent care strategy contributed to B.C.’s primary care crisis

Posted on May 25, 2022

CTV News, interview with Dr. Kathleen Ross.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged B.C.’s current primary care crisis, Band-Aid, BC doctor shortage, CTV News, emergency health care | Leave a comment

Delta doctor sounds alarm on family physician crisis

Posted on May 19, 2022

Watch The Delta Optimist’s interview with Dr. Kanwar Sidhu.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged BC College of Family Physicians (BCCFP), BC family doctor shortage, Delta doctor, Dr. Kanwar Sidhu, family physician crisis | Leave a comment

Kamloops woman among almost a million people in B.C. without a family doctor

Posted on May 18, 2022

Read the full article on Infotel Kelowna.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged BC doctor practice closure, British Columbians without a family doctor, doctor retirement, family doctor shortage, kamloops | Leave a comment

Health Matters: World Family Doctor Day and what’s causing severe hepatitis cases among children?

Posted on May 18, 2022

Watch the Global News interview with Dr. Birinder Narang.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged hepatitis in children, severe hepatitis, the value of family medicine, world family doctor day | Leave a comment

MLA Dan Davies: One in five British Columbians do not have a family doctor

Posted on May 18, 2022

Nearly one million people in British Columbia are without a family doctor, and those in the Peace region are no exception. Read the full article on Energetic City.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged BC doctor practice closure, Doctors are closing their practices, family doctor crisis, MLA Dan Davies, urgent and primary care centers in Fort St John | Leave a comment

Is the Doctor In? BC Can’t Say for Sure

Posted on May 18, 2022

FOI documents highlight the large number of patients without access to primary care. Read the full article on The Tyee.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged Adrian Dix, BC Liberal health, British Columbia government, doctor shortage, Doctors of BC | Leave a comment

Opinion: Here’s why family doctors in B.C. are burning out

Posted on May 16, 2022

Read the full article in New Westminster Record, which reference BCCFP Research.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged BC family doctor shortage, burnout doctors, doctor burnout, doctors in BC, family physicians shortage | Leave a comment

Trouble finding a family doctor in the Tri-Cities? Here’s why.

Posted on May 13, 2022

View the full article on Tricity News.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged doctor shortage, doctors retiring, family doctor in the Tri-Cities, urgent care centre in Port Moody, vancouver doctors | Leave a comment

Chilliwack doctor sounding the alarm over B.C. crisis in family medicine

Posted on May 13, 2022

Read more on The Abbotsford News interview with Dr. Astrid Wells.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged B.C.'s family doctor crisis, Chilliwack, Chilliwack doctor, family doctor shortage, health care system | Leave a comment

Whistler doctor sounds alarm on growing physician shortage

Posted on May 13, 2022

With only one full-service clinic remaining, Dr. Karin Kausky calls for more provincial support. Read Pique News‘ interview with Dr. Karin Kausky.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged BC family doctor shortage, family doctor, family doctor BC, whistler, whistler family doctor | Leave a comment

‘Lot of burnout’: Richmond doctors feel strained running private practices

Posted on May 11, 2022

Richmond News: Younger doctors are largely rejecting the old family practice model, not wanting to practice medicine and run a business.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged burnout doctors, doctor burnout, doctors in BC, traditional approach to medicine, young doctors | Leave a comment

Family doctor crisis—Let’s use Family Doctor Day to advocate for primary healthcare in B.C.

Posted on May 6, 2022

The Georgia Straight provides an open letter to Minister Adrian Dix from family physicians in their first five years of practice.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged Adrian Dix, British Columbia Health Minister, family doctor crisis, Family Doctor Day, Urgent Primary Care Centres | Leave a comment

Hundreds of family doctors accepting new patients in Alberta as nearly a million British Columbians without

Posted on May 4, 2022

View CTV News full comparison of primary care in Alberta and BC.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged alberta family practice, BC family doctor shortage, BC family doctors, british columbia family practice, family doctors in alberta | Leave a comment

Family Doctors needed in BC

Posted on May 3, 2022

Listen to the full CKNW 980 – Mornings with Simi interview with Dr. Birinder Narang.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged BC doctor shortage, BC health crisis, family doctors needed in BC, health crises in BC, health crisis in BC | Leave a comment

Nearly 900,000 British Columbians don’t have a family doctor, leaving walk-in clinics and ERs swamped

Posted on April 28, 2022

Read the full article on The Globe and Mail.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged BC doctor shortage, ERs in BC, family doctors absence, shortage of doctors in BC, walk-in clinics | Leave a comment

The Current with Matt Galloway – April 28, 2022

Posted on April 28, 2022

The Current, interview with Camille Currie, who recently lost her family physician, about how she’s dealing with the shortage.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged BC doctor shortage, BC doctors, Canada’s family doctor shortage, family doctor shortage, Matt Galloway | Leave a comment

In 1991, B.C. had more family doctors than it needed. So why are so many residents unable to find one now?

Posted on April 28, 2022

View CBC‘s policy review in BC with reference to BCCFP research.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged 1991 family doctors, doctor policies, family doctor shortage, policy change for doctors | Leave a comment

Amid shortages of family doctors across Canada, med school grads increasingly don’t want the jobs

Posted on April 27, 2022

View The Toronto Star‘s national coverage featuring the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged medical grads, medical students, shortage of doctors, shortage of family doctors in canada, shortages of family doctors | Leave a comment

Premier says he’s not blaming Ottawa, but B.C. needs federal help to fix ‘crumbling’ health care

Posted on April 26, 2022

View the full report on The Province, where they reference the number of British Columbians without a family doctor.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged british columbia doctors, british columbia shortage of doctors, family doctor shortage, ottawa doctors | Leave a comment

Addressing B.C.’s family doctor shortage

Posted on April 23, 2022

View more on Global News, to watch the interview with Dr. Birinder Narang.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged Addressing B.C.'s family doctor shortage, british columbia doctor shortage, british columbia family practice, doctor shortage, family doctors in BC | Leave a comment

A crisis in care: CBC series examines Victoria’s family doctor shortage

Posted on April 23, 2022

Listen to the full recording of CBC‘s “A crisis in care: audio series examining Victoria’s family doctor shortage.”

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged bc shortage of family doctors, family doctor crisis, victoria bc, victoria doctors, victoria shortage of doctors | Leave a comment

Almost a million B.C. residents have no family doctor. Many blame the province’s fee-for-service system

Posted on April 23, 2022

Read more: CBC references the BCCFP research in this article.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged B.C.'s family doctor crisis, BC doctors, doctor shortage, family doctor shortage, fee-for-service system | Leave a comment

‘A big crisis’: How B.C.’s family doctor shortage is spreading

Posted on April 15, 2022

The Times Colonist address the BCCFP research in their article while British Columbia’s doctor shortage continues.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged B.C.'s family doctor crisis, B.C.'s family doctor shortage spreading, BC doctor crisis, doctor shortage, doctor shortage in BC | Leave a comment

‘In crisis’: Award-winning B.C. family doctor mulls giving up bursting practice

Posted on April 15, 2022

View the full article on Global News where they interview Dr. Tahmeena Ali.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged bc doc, BC doctor shortage, doctor shortage, doctor shortage in BC, interview with a doctor | Leave a comment

Poll shows many British Columbian’s worried about their family doctor

Posted on April 15, 2022

CKNW 980, The Jill Bennet Show, interviews Dr. Marjorie Docherty regarding the doctor shortage in B.C.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged BC doctor shortage, doctor shortage poll, Jill Bennett, poll on BC's doctor shortage, shortage on doctors in BC | Leave a comment

Bank of Canada’s big increase, Losing family doctors in BC & Drug deaths on the rise

Posted on April 13, 2022

CKNW 980 – Mornings with Simi interviews Dr. Katrin Lovett.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged bank of Canada, BC drug deaths, doctor shortage in BC, drug deaths in BC, Losing family doctors in BC | Leave a comment

Poll suggests many British Columbians are worried about losing their family doctor and not being able to find a new one

Posted on April 12, 2022

View Vancouver Sun‘s full interview with Dr. David May on the struggle to find a family doctor in British Columbia.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged BC doctor crisis, doctor crisis, doctor crisis in BC, family doctors in BC, poll on doctors | Leave a comment

40% of British Columbians afraid of losing their family doctor, poll finds

Posted on April 12, 2022

Watch Global News‘ interview with Dr. Marjorie Docherty.

Posted in Media Coverage | Tagged BC doctor shortage, british columbia doctors, doctor crisis, doctor interview, Dr. Marjorie Docherty | Leave a comment
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