The number of maternity GPs has shrunk to about 25 from 48 over the past two years in south Vancouver Island
“The turnaround time can be longer than we want it to be, but we are increasing capacity,” said Bos. “However, maternity care is primary care, and we have a primary care crisis here in south Island, and this is part of a bigger problem.”
“It requires big energy and a big time investment — we all love doing it — we definitely don’t do it for the money, it’s because we care — but it’s a lot.”Article content The Health Ministry said it’s working with Doctors of B.C. and maternity care providers to address compensation issues and come up with a new system that will help recruit and retain physicians.
The ministry said while work to improve compensation models is underway, the province is looking at offering “stabilization funding” for physicians who provide maternity care in hospitals.Article content “They are going to be the most impacted because the higher-resourced women will call around and they’ll figure something out,” she said. “Lower-resourced women are just going to show up at labour and delivery at the hospital with no prenatal care, probably with some big complications.”Article content
Access Midwifery had sub-specialized in people who face substance-use disorder or have multiple barriers to accessing health care; Mason is concerned for their welfare — and that of their babies.
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