“We may not be managing in the right way. We need to ensure that these types of initiatives are not taking a family doctor’s time away from practice with current patients to participate in these other initiatives. It is a challenge we’ve had in the past,” he said.Moncton family doctor waitlist program to expand province-wide by mid-2023
When asked whether the provincial government was concerned about spreading doctors too thin, Health Minister Bruce Fitch told Global News that physicians had brought up concerns of burnout across the spectrum of health-care workers. “We continue to monitor it, whether it’s eVisit or Health Link, any of the new initiatives to provide health care to people,” he said.
Almost 40 per cent of the deliverables on the health-care plan have revised target dates pushing them back a year.“It’s about continuous improvement. As one completes we’ll continue to move on to another,” he said.