Waiting list for a family doctor grew by more than 20,000 people in the last year. More Nova Scotians than ever are on the province’s waitlist registry for family doctors. The waiting list of Nova Scotians needing primary care hit 69,070 people July 1, 2021 up from about 45,000 a year ago. Premier Iain Rankin acknowledged there’s a problem with primary care, but added it’s not a problem unique to Nova Scotia. “We continue our efforts to recruit in a competitive landscape to increase doctor attachment in primary care,” the premier said July 5 when asked what will be done to tackle the growing waitlist. Rankin noted that NS doctors are now among the highest paid in Atlantic Canada, which he expects will improve recruitment efforts.
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