Opinion: Equity needed in Quebec’s distribution of family doctors
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(Mark Roper/ The Montreal Gazette) — Every year the government releases its figures for family doctors. The latest figures date from Dec. 31, 2020, and show very uneven access to primary care.

Province-wide, 79 per cent of Quebecers were registered with a family doctor, far from the government’s target of 85 per cent. This  …

Physicians sought more mental health-care help during the pandemic: study
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(Avis Favaro/ CTV News) — The first year of the pandemic saw more Ontario doctors seeking medical help for burnout and substance abuse, according to a new study.

Using a database in Ontario, researchers collected anonymous data on 34,000 practicing physicians who had 50,000 mental health visits over the first year of the  …

Family doctors will have to take appointments, declare their hours under new system
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(Cathy Senay/ CBC News) — The Quebec government has tabled a new bill that aims to improve front-line services by forcing family doctors to declare their hours and take appointments through a new online system.

Bill 11 would make family doctors put their working schedule in a central appointment booking system, which would  …

Health-care workers are dealing with ‘compassion fatigue’
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(Zahra Hasan Healthing) — As vaccination rates increase and restrictions relax, the opening of public services suggests that we will see a rebound in the mental health of the general population. Many longitudinal studies are currently underway to study the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of different demographics,
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Thousands of Quebec doctors are preparing to retire
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(Jocelyne Richer/ The Canadian Press) — The anticipated exodus of aging doctors has already started and will increase in the months and years to come, making access to a family doctor even more precarious, of which 20% of Quebecers are deprived.

In this context, everything indicates that the commitment made by François  …

Civil rights lawyer wants PREM system for doctors declared unconstitutional
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(Jacob Serebrin/ The Canadian Press) — Montreal-based civil rights lawyer Julius Grey said Friday he will ask a judge next week to suspend Quebec’s system for determining how many family doctors can practise in a specific region of the province.

Earlier this week, Health Minister Christian Dubé reduced the number of new  …