The filed record
Requesting the Province to Support Family Physicians - by Councillor Dianne Saxe, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle
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The decision
2024-06-26 · Toronto City Council · adopted
As filed
City Council on June 26 and 27, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Minister of Health to take immediate action to: a. properly compensate family physicians with appropriate fee increases; and b. reduce the administrative burden that the Province places on family doctors so they have more time to see their patients. 2. City Council forward City Council's decision to the Premier of Ontario, the Minister of Health, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, and the municipal Clerks of Ontario's municipalities.
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3. City Council request a direct response from the Minister of Health within 30 days.
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As the city filed it
On May 13, 2024, the City of Belleville set a good example by passing a resolution calling upon the provincial government to improve compensation and reduce administrative burden for Ontario's family physicians. Toronto should do the same. The Province of Ontario is responsible for providing quality health care to all residents of Ontario. Family medicine is the backbone of the healthcare system and providing timely access to a primary health care provider for everyone in Ontario, is essential and should be a top Provincial Government priority.
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Instead, the shortage of family physicians has reached a crisis point. Millions of Ontario residents, and hundreds of thousands of Torontonians, do not have a family doctor. Studies show that patients without a primary care provider have poorer health outcomes while costing the health care system more. Meanwhile, hospitals, emergency rooms and clinics are overloaded by residents' unmet health care needs. The Province of Ontario could address this issue quickly and efficiently by paying fair wages to family physicians and by lessening the undue administrative burden this provincial government imposes on family doctors.
Staff recommended
Councillor Dianne Saxe, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Minister of Health to take immediate action to: a. properly compensate family physicians with appropriate fee increases; and b. reduce the administrative burden that the Province places on family doctors so they have more time to see their patients. 2. City Council forward City Council's decision to the Premier of Ontario, the Minister of Health, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, and the municipal Clerks of Ontario's municipalities.
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3. City Council request a direct response from the Minister of Health within 30 days.
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