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health-wrregion.bsky.social
The Artificial Tragedy of Canada's Doctor Shortage 😠
#CanadianHealthcare #HealthcareCrisis #CanadaPolitics #DoctorShortage
September 26, 2026 at 11:11 PM
maryfernando.bsky.social
A personal post in 2 parts:

1/ Someone I 💕 needs a specialist but wait times are dangerously long because of our specialist shortage

2/ As a doctor who resisted large $ offers from 🇺🇸to stay in 🇨🇦, I’ve lost something important than money: my family’s safety

#DoctorShortage
#FixIt
April 11, 2024 at 11:30 AM
electricbluesfan.bsky.social
1/8 Alberta doctors are sounding the alarm: planned cuts to on-call pay could push an already strained healthcare system to the breaking point.

A story of unintended consequences in healthcare policy...

#Healthcare #Alberta #DoctorShortage #ABhealth #ABpoli #ABleg
February 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
electricbluesfan.bsky.social
1/6 🇨🇦 WHY AMERICAN DOCTORS HEAD NORTH TO PRACTICE IN B.C. 🇨🇦

Frustrated by U.S. insurance hurdles, physicians are relocating to remote Canadian communities following key provincial licensing changes.

Source: CBC News
#MedSky #BcPoli #CdnPoli #DoctorShortage #RuralHealth
August 13, 2026 at 5:37 AM
adapadvocacy.bsky.social
Read our latest blog, "The Shrinking Number of Infectious Disease Doctors"
https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-shrinking-number-of-infectious.html
#DoctorShortage #HIV
March 20, 2026 at 4:35 PM
health-wrregion.bsky.social
How Australia Solved Its Doctor Shortage (And Why Canada Won’t)😠
#CanadianHealthcare #HealthcareCrisis #CanadaPolitics #DoctorShortage
waterloohealthcoalition.org/politics/can...
Canada’s doctor shortage is a policy choice - Waterloo Region Health Coalition
A new case exposes how Canada’s physician shortage is a problem of governments’ making. So the solutions are clear   by The Editorial Board September 26, 2026 B.C. Premier David Eby called an election...
waterloohealthcoalition.org
September 26, 2026 at 10:54 PM
While I am not thrilled with what's going on in the US, and I'm sorry for all the turmoil Americans are experiencing because of Trump, Canada does need doctors, and I'd happy if we'd accept them.

#DoctorShortage
#BrainDrain
#USPoli
#CdnPoli
#CdnUSPoli
April 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
abcforhealth.bsky.social
Visa Rule Change Could Impact Care #visa #medical education #doctorshortage #immigration youtube.com/shorts/QAChE...
Visa Rule Change Could Impact Care #visa #medical education #doctorshortage
YouTube video by HealthWatch Wisconsin
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July 23, 2026 at 12:56 PM
evalewarne.bsky.social
I totally believe Conservative Premiers would be doing this in order to Privatize Healthcare
#DoctorShortage
February 18, 2026 at 1:00 AM
csrha.bsky.social
Cuts threaten California’s rural doctor training programs. Without support, the pipeline of providers in underserved areas could collapse.

👉 vist.ly/4c3i8

#RuralHealth #DoctorShortage
October 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
adapadvocacy.bsky.social
In case you missed our latest blog, "The Shrinking Number of Infectious Disease Doctors"

Read more: https://adapadvocacyassociation.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-shrinking-number-of-infectious.html

#DoctorShortage #HIV
March 23, 2026 at 9:35 PM
the-14.com
Scapegoating international medical students won’t solve Ontario’s health-care crisis
#Ontario #Canada #OntarioHealthcare #DoctorShortage #Medicine #DougFord #HealthcareCrisis #MedicalEducation #HealthcareReform #PublicHealth #InternationalStudents
the-14.com/scapegoating...
Scapegoating international medical students won’t solve Ontario’s health-care crisis | The-14
Ontario’s health-care crisis needs real solutions. Ford should address doctor shortages and wait times, not scapegoat international medical students.
the-14.com
November 13, 2024 at 4:28 AM
nowtoronto.bsky.social
After a video surfaced of hundreds of people waiting in a walk-in clinic line went viral, there’s no ignoring the doctor shortage growing in Ontario. 
#Ontario #doctorshortage

nowtoronto.com/news/hundred...
January 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
owensoundcurrent.bsky.social
Jim Hutton of Owen Sound encourages residents and local decision-makers to look west and consider The Colwood Model as the family physician shortage in our region reaches crisis levels. #healthcare #doctorshortage #opinion
Letter: We Must Consider a Bold Solution for the Family Doctor Shortage in Owen Sound
Jim Hutton of Owen Sound encourages residents and local decision-makers to look west and consider The Colwood Model as the family physician shortage in our region reaches crisis levels.
www.owensoundcurrent.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
ctninfo.bsky.social
🚨 Big news for foreign-trained physicians in Massachusetts!
Thanks to Governor @Maura_Healey & the new Physician Pathways Act, internationally trained doctors now have a clearer path to licensure. .
! #HealthcareForAll #Immigration #DoctorShortage
ctninfo.com/massachusett...
December 13, 2024 at 3:20 PM
healthcareforreal.bsky.social
Do you use ChatGPT for health advice?

Docs Dr. Dominik Nowak and Dr. Sheila Wijayasinghe hit the streets to ask why we use AI to diagnose ourselves.

#AI #ChatGPT #DigitalHealth #AIMisinformation #HealthCare #PublicHealth #DoctorShortage #AIEthics #VoxPop #StreetInterviews #CareAccess #TechEthics
April 7, 2026 at 11:55 AM
electricbluesfan.bsky.social
4/12 The haunting reality: "I have the haunted stares of every other person who's looking at me, saying, 'Why aren't you in front helping me?'"

This "vicarious trauma" and "inability to help when we're helpers" drives doctors to leave Alberta.
#DoctorShortage #HealthcareTrauma
July 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
philshapiro.bsky.social
"How LibreOffice helped me create a math game for future doctors and nurses." allthingsopen.org/articles/lib... #LibreOffice #FOSS #opensource #doctorshortage #nurseshortage #iteachmath #mtbos
How LibreOffice helped me create a math game for future doctors and nurses | We Love Open Source - All Things Open
For years, LibreOffice has been a valuable companion. I use its word processor, drawing program, presentation tool, and have recently developed a growing fondness for its spreadsheet capabilities. But...
allthingsopen.org
November 24, 2024 at 11:14 PM
electricbluesfan.bsky.social
Post 4:
The demands on family doctors have changed drastically.

Patients are more complex, often managing multiple illnesses.

"A patient visit doesn't take the 10 or 12 minutes that it used to," says Dr. David Price, dean of SFU's medical school. 4/9
#DoctorShortage #ChronicIllness
February 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
liviap.bsky.social
The European healthcare system faces a critical workforce crisis, inspiring a call to action for unity and support under the EU flag. #healthcarecrisis#EUunity#medicalworkforce#doctorshortage#Europeanhealthsector
White lab coats, a graph made of Dutch coins, an olive branch in a weathered hand, and an EU flag
February 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
islandsocialtrends.bsky.social
To help with the ongoing #doctorshortage in BC, the City of #Langford is underwriting the cost of a new #medical clinic in their own municipality, expected to open in 2026. islandsocialtrends.ca/new-medical-... | #healthcare #VancouverIsland #bcpoli
New medical clinic supported by City of Langford - Island Social Trends
City of Langford announces new medical clinic in downtown area to deal with doctor shortage.
islandsocialtrends.ca
June 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
jonchadwick.bsky.social
The NHS doesn’t just have a workforce shortage—it has a system that can’t use the doctors it already has.

#NHS #UKPolitics #Healthcare #WorkforceCrisis #DoctorShortage #MedicalTraining #PublicPolicy #Immigration #HealthPolicy #Reform

jon-chadwick.com/2026/04/02/n...
The NHS Workforce Crisis That Policy Is Making Worse - Industrial Estate of Mind
The Medical Training Prioritisation Act 2026 prioritises UK graduates, but does little to fix the shortage of NHS training places or make the UK self-sufficient
jon-chadwick.com
April 2, 2026 at 7:06 AM
midwalesmike.bsky.social
NHS staff shortages are pushing nurses into doctors’ roles - and may already be putting patients at risk.
#NHS #PatientSafety #DoctorShortage #HealthCrisis #TheWhipLine
thewhipline.substack.com/p/why-did-we...
Why did we let UK governments substitute nurses for doctors in our health service?
We have allowed our governments to degrade the UK’s National Health Service - the world’s flagship healthcare system - to a low in which nurses are being asked to provide a level of care normally know...
thewhipline.substack.com
April 26, 2026 at 11:19 AM