Smith’s United Conservative Party government has committed not to delist any current medically insured services or to having Albertans pay for services or prescriptions currently covered by medicare.
Only 8% of the country’s physician workforce serve the estimated 20% of Canadians who live in rural areas. National licensure could help, suggest results of survey by the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada.
The British Columbia Pharmacy Association has made MedSask’s Minor Ailments And Self Care Guidelines available to pharmacists in the province to help them prepare for minor ailment prescribing and contraception services.
I can still remember my first day. I remember that our first home visit had to be cancelled because the patient had died the night before and that our second visit took place in the patient’s backyard, drinking lemonade.
Family doctors, including the president of the Alberta Medical Association, said they have seen no relief in their own practices and in the healthcare system more broadly since the province launched its Healthcare Action Plan.
