At a news conference in Fredericton, the N.B. Medical Society presented a survey showing 97% of respondents believed having more family doctors was critically important or an important funding priority. For its part, the New Brunswick Health Council said the province needs to spend health dollars more effectively. The biggest stress point, the N.B. Medical Society believes, is with specialists, a shortage of which is adding to wait times above the Canadian average. The medical society said N.B. has 103 specialists, compared to 116 nationwide, for every 100,000 persons. It wants the province to reverse this by filling 66 vacant specialist positions with a more aggressive recruitment strategy. The society said $30 million over four years would meet its demands. The medical society and health council agree on the need to manage the system better. Both want a better definition of a full-time equivalent doctor position, as some physicians see fewer patients than others.
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