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Adding Chesley and Durham physicians to the already established Brockton and Area Family Health Team would not only allow for the hiring of more allied health care professionals in the area, it would also make history.
Chesley and Durham doctors were invited earlier this year to be part of the Brockton Family Health Team. A business [...]

This is the message Marie Larose, executive director of the organization, outlined when she spoke to members of the Collingwood General and Marine Hospital board on Tuesday.
The group is comprised of 16 health care professionals including specialists, nurses and registered nurses.
In the last year the group has started nine different programs including cardiac care, nutrition, [...]

While Peterborough is doing better than some other areas, 15,000 people in the city and county still don’t have a family doctor.
“We still have patients that we need to find room in a family practice for. The challenges that we’ve had in terms of finding appropriate space (for family health teams) are beginning to be [...]

But the proposals are set to provoke a fierce political battle in the Commons later this year, as the survey shows that many are divided over the issue on party political lines.Most Conservatives who responded, headed by their leader, David Cameron, said they were unconvinced that it was necessary and called instead for far greater [...]