Quebec plans to force new doctors to stay in the province and work in public system

Quebec to force new doctors to stay in the province and work in public system

MONTREAL -- The Quebec government is planning to force new doctors trained in the province to work in Quebec's public health-care system for the first few years of their practice, in a bid to slow the loss of physicians to the private sector and to other provinces.

Quebec Plans to Force New Doctors to Stay in the Province and Work in Public System

The provincial government says it will force new doctors trained in Quebec to work in the province’s public health-care system for the first years of their practice. Health Minister Christian Dubé told a Montreal radio station this morning that those who want to leave Quebec or work in the private system will face “consequences.” The minister announced Sunday evening he plans to table a new bill to force new family physicians and specialist doct…

Quebec wants to force new doctors to work in public sector, Dubé says

The number of doctors practising in the private sector in Quebec has increased 70 per cent since 2020, according to the Health Ministry.

Quebec to force new doctors to work in province for first years of their practice

Health Minister Christian Dubé says those who want to leave Quebec or work in the private system will face ‘consequences’

Quebec wants to force new doctors to work in public system after graduating

Quebec says too many of its newly trained physicians are leaving the public health system as soon as their careers begin. The health minister plans to table a bill to curb this trend.

Quebec wants to make doctors they teach to work in public system to start - Montreal

Health Minister Christian Dubé announced that he is looking into a bill that would make new doctors trained in Quebec temporarily stay out of the private system.