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With family doctors heading for the exits, addressing the crisis in primary care is key to easing pressure on emergency rooms

Friday, September 9th, 2022

Ontario has done better than most areas of Canada with the introduction of family health teams in 2005, with team-based primary care reporting better outcomes for both patients and providers. But no new family health teams have been funded since 2012, which is a problem… Political will is required to invest in the entire health-care system and not ignore the fact that primary care represents a very large part of this system.

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