The solution to B.C.’s primary healthcare crisis is hiding in plain sight, BC Green Party says

The party claims there is a different, superior approach to primary healthcare that's already proven to work sponsored

Last year, the B.C. College of Family Physicians reported that roughly one million British Columbians – or one in five – is without a family doctor. And among those who do have one, there is increasing fear about losing access to basic healthcare as a result of their doctor either retiring or shutting down their practice.

These closures, in many instances due to a chronic shortage of available physicians, has resulted in a knock-on effect of B.C. now having the longest clinic wait times in all of Canada – estimated, in fact, to be more than double the national average. Shoreline Medical – a clinic in Brentwood Bay, Central Saanich – is a local example of how successful and effective this model can be. “It’s got a community board of directors operating as a not-for-profit, and the doctors and nurses and practitioners work as a team.”

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