McLane defends Health P.E.I. guidelines after doctors threaten to take legal action [Video]

Health Minister Mark McLane responded for the first time to the legal battle brewing between the province’s medical society and the P.E.I. government over new targets for how many patients family physicians see per day. McLane tells CBC News: Compass host Louise Martin that the guidelines are still in draft form, and says he wants to work with doctors to resolve their pending legal challenge.

The province’s health minister says he’s confident government, Health P.E.I. and the society that represents family doctors on the Island can reach a compromise in a dispute over physician workloads.

Last week, the Medical Society of Prince Edward Island announced that it’s planning legal action against Health P.E.I. over an update to targets for family physicians.

The society said the new targets for how many patients each doctor needs to accept are not what it agreed to when it signed a new physician services agreement …

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