Premier, federal ministers meet to fast-track bilateral health funding deal
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In the meantime, New Democratic Party Leader Claudia Chender, travelling the South Shore on Monday, took the government to task for the number of Nova Scotians who are on a primary care waitlist.
The waitlist for primary care has increased by 43,000 people in the last 12 months and stood at 125,278 people as of Dec. 1, meaning 12.6 per cent of the province’s population were not attached to a primary care professional. The provincial government has delayed posting the Jan. 1 report.
“Each month, thousands more people find themselves without a family doctor and don’t know where to turn when their kids, elderly parents, or they themselves need help,” Chender said. “Here on the South Shore, 16 per cent of people are on the list and that number keeps growing. The lack of primary care is the root of the health care crisis. We have to find new ways to ensure people can see a doctor or nurse practitioner when they need one and that they are connected to long term.”
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