LETTER: Will the inter-professional primary care funding be enough?

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LETTER: Will the inter-professional primary care funding be enough?

The province announced a $110 million investment to create new and expanded inter-professional primary care teams. Our MPP, Rick Byers, says our share is $1,695,000, which is less than 2 percent of the total. Mr. Byers said it will help connect, “approximately 4,000 unattached patients in Durham, Markdale, Meaford, Owen Sound, Saugeen Shores and Wiarton.” Specifically, a new Indigenous primary-care team in the Saugeen First Nation, a new nurse p…