Physician Recruitment Plan Approved

By 250 News

Northern Health  has approved an updated physician supply plan.  The  plan was put forth by the Northern Health Medical Advisory Committee, made up of physicians in the region.  The  plan sets out general targets for physician recruitment to meet care needs across northern B.C., taking into account increases in surgical and internal medicine demands.

“In our physician supply plan from 2003 to now, we moved from 330 full time physicians to 362,” noted Burghardt. “This plan will help us set up priorities for recruiting more physicians in the North, with our forecast being to have 450 full time physicians in the region by 2012.

“It will take hard work to meet this goal, especially given the high demand for health professionals world-wide. But we expect that training initiatives such as the Northern Medical Program will be very helpful in meeting objectives such as our family physician recruitment target.”

This increase in physician numbers  is meant to offset an expected growth in population and the increasing numbers of seniors, who access the system more frequently.

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