Healthcare

Dr. Jabir Jassam says by increasing the number of NPs, PAs and other mid-level providers, governments have set themselves up for bigger financial problems.

Dr. Eric Cadesky, a family physician who was president of Doctors of B.C. when it negotiated a master agreement that won strong member support, declined to comment on Ontario's proposed fee deal but said negotiations shouldn’t focus on across-the-board compensation increases.

NPs and PAs are already expanding into primary care. This CFPC decision is wrong headed, argues Dr. Teela Johnson.

The funding will be received by six Indigenous institutes.

As we move into the third year of the global pandemic caused by COVID-19, it’s important to ask what we have learned and what we have done to prepare for the next infectious-disease crisis.

Dr. Kieran Moore says the province can "only mandate masking for so long," with the risk from COVID-19 decreasing.

The province announced yesterday that mask mandates will be lifted by mid-April at the latest, but Luc Boileau said today that the change could happen as soon as the third week of March.