BC’s Family Doctor Crisis Gets Even Worse - The Tyee

Listen to this article 8 min The number of British Columbians without a regular family doctor or other primary care provider has grown to nearly 1.3 million people. That’s a 45 per cent increase since 2017 when the NDP formed government. Health Minister Josie Osborne says that despite the increase, the government’s efforts to connect patients to primary care providers are showing progress. But Conservative Party of BC health critic Brennan Day says the problem continues to get worse. “There’s a lot of rallying around headlines that don’t really line up to people’s reality,” Day said, referring…