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More than 4.4 million Ontarians could be without a primary-care physician by 2026, according to a new analysis that predicts a substantial increase in orphaned patients as older doctors retire and younger ones turn away from traditional family practice.

New figures released Wednesday by the Ontario College of Family Physicians show an estimated 26 per cent of residents in Canada’s most populous province may not have a regular primary-care provider three years from now, up from an estimated 18 per cent at the end of this year.

“We know that we’ve been facing a crisis in family medicine, and I think what we’re seeing with this new data is that the crisis is worsening,” said Mekalai Kumanan, president of the OCFP and a family doctor in Cambridge. “It really is incredibly worrisome to see our forecast showing one in four people in Ontario may be without a family doctor by 2026.”

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/7667031

The College of Family Physicians of Canada is being asked to "pause, hold and maybe stop" its plans to increase the time it takes to train a family doctor from two years to three — as some medical students, family doctors and provincial health ministers express their opposition.

"Our class, the class of 2027, is going to be the first that's impacted by this change in residency length," said Yash Verma, a first-year medical student at the University of Toronto.

"It feels like that's something that's out of our control and that we have no power to change at all."

Verma said he first heard about the plan from CBC News in September. Alarmed, he asked his classmates for their thoughts.

He says he heard a recurring theme: "If this third year were to happen, they would not become family doctors."

Journal Link: https://www.cmaj.ca/content/195/40/E1364?rss=1

News article (more casual): https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/alcohol-high-risk-1.6996304?cmp=rss

See statement from CPSCBC here:

https://www.cpsbc.ca/news/notification-bylaw-amendments-physician-assistants

Amendments here:

https://www.cpsbc.ca/about/laws-and-legislation/bylaw-amendments

See release from BC Gov here:

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023HLTH0118-001511