Family doctors in Canada: Report on crisis [Video]

Canada is facing a growing crisis in its health-care system as the number of new family doctors working in the country has slowed, according to a recent report.

A report published Tuesday by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) said the rate at which the number of family doctors is growing has slowed, from nearly three per cent in the years 2015 to 2017 to one per cent in 2021 to 2023.

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According to a previous report by CIHI, 5.4 million or 17 per cent of Canadians aged 18 and older said they did not have access to a regular health-care provider in 2023. f

“It is a staggering number, and it’s a major problem,” said Dr. Allan Grill, the chief of family medicine at Markham Stouffville Hospital in Markham, …