Ontario plans to build system that attaches patients to family doctor or nurse practitioner team based on postal code

Ontario to boost rural, northern primary and emergency care in agreement with OMA

TORONTO - Ontario is introducing a new program to stabilize physician staffing in rural emergency departments and putting more money toward helping people in underserved communities get access to primary care.

Ontario aims to get 300,000 patients off doctor wait-list with new clinics

About $213 million is earmarked for the clinics that would include doctors and nurse-practitioners in communities including Toronto, and Durham and Halton regions.

Ontario Aims to Establish 80 Primary Care Teams for 300,000 Patients

Ontario has announced its first call for proposals to develop and expand up to 80 primary care teams to serve 300,000 patients this year as part of the provincial plan to build a system that connects individuals to a family doctor based on their postal code. The province is investing $213 million to support the first call for proposals as part of the more than $1.8 billion the government is investing to add 305 new primary care teams across the …

Don't have a family doctor? Province expanding primary care teams

As many as 2 million Ontarians don't have a family doctor.

Ontario seeks proposals to add primary care to underserved communities

The Ford government has issued a call for proposals to add doctor- and nurse-led primary care to underserved areas across the province

Ontario plans to build system that attaches patients to family doctor or nurse practitioner team based on postal code

Ontario is looking for up to 80 new or expanded primary care teams to serve 300,000 patients, as it plans to build a system that automatically attaches people to a family doctor or nurse practitioner team based on their postal code.