‘Multi-stakeholder working group’ will advocate to bring family doctors to Kingston

Letter – Hsu responds to ‘misleading’ information from NDP

NDP: No help coming from government to relieve family doctor shortage

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments Debra Lefebvre, Dr. Elaine Ma, Dr. Veronica Legnini, family doctor, family doctor shortage, family health, family physicians, Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce, Kingston City Council, Mayor Bryan Paterson, Ministry of Health, physician, unattached patient

City Council voted Tuesday night to support the establishment of a multi-stakeholder working group to advocate for the Kingston region’s designation as a high-need community for family physicians with the Ministry of Health. “This stakeholder group will work closely with a newly formed Ontario Health Team on a regional approach

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November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 Kingstonist 0 Comments doctor shortage, family doctor shortage, Kingston, Kingston and the Islands, legislative assembly, MPP Ian Arthur, Ontario Legislature, Ontario Liberal Party, Ontario NDP, opinion, Queens Park, Ted Hsu, vote

The following is a submitted Letter to the Editor from Ted Hsu, Liberal candidate for MPP for Kingston and the Islands. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of The Kingstonist. A Monday, Nov. 23, 2020 article in Kingstonist (“NDP: No help coming…“) quoted an NDP press

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November 23, 2020November 24, 2020 Jessica Foley 0 Comments doctor shortage, family doctor shortage, family doctors, High Physician Need list, Kingston and the Islands, motion voted down, MPP Ian Arthur, provincial government

A motion to act on the family doctor shortage in Kingston was voted down on its final vote, which means more help to recruit and retain family doctors in Kingston and the Islands is not on the way. NDP MPP Ian Arthur (Kingston and the Islands) presented the motion in