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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 [...]

Two health centers in the Worcester public schools, at Worcester East Middle School and Norrback Avenue Elementary School, were closed for the entire school year. Four others — at Doherty Memorial High School, North High School, Burncoat Middle/High School and Worcester Technical High School — were closed for portions of the past school year.
“We really [...]

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 [...]

Momentum for a nurse practitioner-led clinic in Belleville is gaining supporters and steam.
The clinic would ease the chronic doctor shortage and holds the promise of reduced wait times and better access to medical care for “orphaned” patients - the estimated 20,000 in the Belleville area who are without a family doctor.
Besides the push for the [...]

Support is growing for a nurse-led clinic in Belleville.
In its recent budget, the McGuinty government announced that 25 of the clinics will be funded for underserviced areas in the province. Belleville has been designated underserviced.
Some Belleville nurses - including nurse practitioner Tammy Armstrong, who is one of the prime movers behind the clinic - knew [...]

But I’m not sure that shortening the length of medical school will make much of a difference. In order to get a licence, most provinces require at least a two-year residency in family medicine; the equivalent residency in the U.S. is three years. Many of us who teach residents feel an extra year is needed, [...]

But I’m not sure that shortening the length of medical school will make much of a difference. In order to get a licence, most provinces require at least a two-year residency in family medicine; the equivalent residency in the U.S. is three years. Many of us who teach residents feel an extra year is needed, [...]