Nova Scotia family doctor waitlist hits 116,000 people
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NDP Leader Claudia Chender believes the province want to do away with the list to avoid the public scrutiny.
“I think what we heard on the floor today was a desire to not register that number anymore,” added Chender.
Thompson said it’s not so much about the numbers, they want to make sure people on that list have access to care.
“We want to make sure that people on that list have access to primary health care,” said Thompson. “Through virtual care, through mobile health care units, through walk in clinics, through all those things and we attach them to care providers wherever possible.”
Chender said the Progressive Conservatives are downplaying the numbers but the numbers speak for themselves.
“They’ve said people can get virtual care, people can get care at a walk-in clinics, but number one that’s not true,” said Chender. “It’s very hard to access either of those and number two, those aren’t a stand-in for attachment to primary care or a family doctor.”
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