Primary care coverage reaches 70.9% as more people find providers

As of Oct. 30, 626,122 of 882,821 Medicare registrants were connected to a family doctor or nurse practitioner. That is 70.9 per cent of residents, up 0.7 percentage points.

• 6,768 people were connected to primary care since September.
• 22 collaborative care clinics are supported, with a combined goal of attaching more than 29,500 patients.
• The province aims to have at least 30 clinics by the end of 2027 and says it will provide monthly updates. A public patient attachment dashboard is planned for the coming months.