Atlantic Canada aiming to reform what premiers call onerous process for doctors filling in short-term in other provinces
Atlantic Canada is soon to roll out a physicians’ register that would allow local doctors to more easily fill short-term shortages throughout the region without the burden of first getting licensed in neighbouring provinces.premiers said Monday that the process is onerous and not likely to be done for filling in during a shortage or working in a new place for a summer.
“It will open up the pool of people who are available for certain gaps in the system,” said Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey. “It’s certainly not something that’s going to fix the problem. But it gives us more Band-Aids, if you will, to help plug some immediate issues along the way.” The Canadian Medical Association said last month that its internal polling showed 95 per cent of physicians and medical students support pan-Canadian licensing. And federal health care funding offered earlier this month to the provinces and territories included a demand that premiers makes progress on reducing barriers that prevent medical professionals from moving easily between jurisdictions.
“This promotes mobility, allows people to move around to cover hot spots which need attention,” he said from Ireland, where he also works. “And you know, in a human-resource shortage such as we have, and which we’re projected to experience, it makes sense to have more flexibility with regards to deploying these human resources.”
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston shrugged off concerns from a reporter that this system could lead to competition between the provinces for talent.
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