N.S. Health updates need-a-family-practice wait list by calling people who may have found a doctor
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NDP Leader Claudia Chender said Houston and his team have talked about increased access to care through things such as mobile clinics, urgent treatment centres and tele-medicine, but she said that's not the same thing as people being attached to a family practice that's there when they need it.
And while recent announcements by the government have focused on technology upgrades or long-term projects, Chender said there needs to be more attention on people's immediate needs.
"Most people feel like if they have a doctor's office that they are under the care of — whether or not they're always seeing a physician or another health-care practitioner — they feel like they have that entry access to health care," she said.
"And we have not seen that improve. In fact, we've seen it decrease significantly."
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Both Chender and Churchill noted that the Tories are spending record amounts on the health-care system, yet key areas, such as access to primary care, haven't improved significantly.”