Its five-year plan includes major investments in recruitment and retention. The strategy lays out 70 total actions under four central pillars: Retain, redesign, recruit and train. The province will create 128 additional seats for its doctor training program at UBC and expanded scope of practice for paramedics and first responders. Pharmacists will be able to administer and renew prescriptions for a wider range of medicines, something the province insists will expand access to services for patients and reduce pressure on family doctors. The province is working with the College of Pharmacists of BC on regulations to enable pharmacists to prescribe medications for minor ailments and contraception by spring 2023.
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B.C. incentives bringing physicians to family practices - Government of B.C.
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B.C. plans to tackle worker shortage with investments in recruitment, retention
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septembre 29, 2022