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…r 35 years, BC Family Doctors has advocated for our profession. Family physicians ourselves, we are the economic and political voice of family doctors in BC. We represent you at tables where your voice needs to be heard. JOIN US Log in to your Doctors of BC account & add BC Family Doctors to your membership. We can’t do this without you. Join BC Family Doctors to help us save family medicine in BC. Join BC Family Doctors to build an environment wh…
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Our PMA 2025 Priorities
BC Family Doctors is reimagining the future of care for British Columbians and the future of work for family doctors. We know the challenges family doctors are facing are urgent and complex. It’s why our Physician Master Agreement priorities for 2025 are about working with our partners to forge opportunities to strengthen the healthcare system. It’s time to address the supports and reforms necessary to ensure the stability and sustainability of o…
What family doctors need from the 2025 provincial budget
…the province prepares to release the 2025 budget, family doctors across British Columbia are looking for one thing: a real commitment to sustainable, accessible primary care. The past few years have brought significant challenges and some important changes, but we are still far from ensuring that every British Columbian has access to a family doctor. Here’s what we need to see: 1. Continued investment in the Longitudinal Family Physician (LFP) Pa…
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Since starting my practice, I have had the privilege to know and care for many wonderful patients and their families. I have developed meaningful, trusted, and cherished relationships with them. I have celebrated their joyful moments of birth, growth, change, and recovery. I have walked alongside them through difficult times and cried with them through times of sorrow and suffering. There are so many things that I love about this work, so many mo…
Change Starts Here
…STARTS HERE BC Family Doctors is leading a movement for change. We are striving for a better tomorrow for you and your patients. We advocate on your behalf, addressing the issues that keep you up at night. We make sure your voice is heard. And we’re just getting started. Strategic Plan Our strategic plan is our compass, guiding our work as we strive to build an environment where family doctors thrive. The plan sets out our priorities and lays the…
Family Doctor Day
…the exceptional work that you do. We thank you for shouldering the responsibility of caring for British Columbians in these challenging times. Family doctors in this province are more than 6000 strong. In the past few months, we have seen the power of joining our voices together to speak about the crisis in family medicine and the value of having a family doctor. You are not alone. You are part of a community that is speaking out and working for…
The importance of having a family doctor
…hcare system, the impact is just as serious, with increased costs and inefficiencies straining limited resources. The reasons behind the crisis are no surprise: an aging workforce, fewer graduates choosing family medicine and the unsustainable pressures of the job. Here in B.C., the Longitudinal Family Physician (LFP) Payment Model offers one path forward. By valuing time spent on comprehensive, patient-centred care, it’s helping make family medic…
Protecting primary care: Ensuring stability for family doctors
…, strengthening health workforce recruitment and retention and reducing administrative burdens in his recent mandate letter to Health Minister Josie Osborn. Family doctors play a critical role in delivering high-quality, continuous care to British Columbians and we are pleased to see recognition of the urgent need to connect more patients with family doctors. It is crucial that the government’s commitment to reviewing all Ministry of Health progra…
Statement from BC Family Doctors on the 2025 Throne Speech
…ring more health professionals into the system. Pharmacists and nurse practitioners are valuable members of the health-care team and expanding their roles helps patients. But team-based care works best when patients and family doctors are at the centre, providing the continuity and comprehensive care that patients need—especially for those with complex or chronic conditions. Family doctors are specialists in primary care. The Longitudinal Family P…
Celebrating Family Doctors as Specialists
We are working with the BC College of Family Physicians to celebrate family doctors’ expertise in primary care. Our aim is to increase awareness about your value as a specialist in relationship-based, comprehensive, longitudinal care. Whether you work in the community, are a hospitalist, addiction medicine, palliative, or maternity care provider, we are all family doctors. Whether you did a rotating internship or have your CCFP, we are all family…
Family Physician-Patient Compact: New Poster & Handouts
BC Family Doctors has developed new practice tools to help physicians begin the conversation about the family physician-patient compact. The wording of this Family Physician-Patient Compact was developed by FPSC in consultation with physicians and members of the Patient Voices Network to describe the relationship between a family physician and their patients. Family physicians are encouraged to post the Compact in their examination rooms in order…
Recent media about the family doctor shortage
BC is facing a shortage of family doctors doing community-based family medicine. Outdated working conditions and poor supports mean new to practice family physicians are not replacing those who are retiring. The result is a growing number of British Columbians are without a family doctor. BC Family Doctors Executive Director Dr. Renee Fernandez spoke to CBC’s Stephen Quinn on The Early Edition on November 1st, 2021. | Listen to the segment here….
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More residents choosing family practice under new payment model
A recent survey of medical residents at the University of British Columbia (UBC) shows that BC’s new family doctor payment model is making waves. About 84 per cent of survey respondents said the new payment system has influenced their decision to pursue a career in family practice. The survey was part of an unpublished research study from the UBC Department of Family Practice. BC introduced the Longitudinal Family Physician (LFP) Payment Model in…
What’s really wrong: Insights from Ontario’s efforts to address the family doctor shortage
In his recent article for the Ottawa Citizen, journalist Mohammed Adam raises important questions about Ontario’s approach to solving the family doctor shortage. As Ontario brings Dr. Jane Philpott on board to address this issue, Adam argues that the real, underlying problems in family medicine remain largely unaddressed. Here’s a closer look at what he identifies as the core issues. “Make family practice sustainable and you have a healthy system…
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…te change. Over the years, BC Family Doctors has led changes to family physician compensation and primary care reform. We are making sure family doctors’ voices are heard and patients’ needs are met. You spoke. We listened. We delivered. In the past year, we: Convened the first-ever Issues Forum in February 2024, where participants explored conversations based on themes from our member survey. Developed our 2025 Physician Master Agreement prioriti…
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The heart of family medicine: Trust, tragedy and the bonds that endure
…ly practice rotation in Churchill, Manitoba – something clicked. Family medicine gave me the chance to do everything—psychiatry, emergency care and so much more—without limiting my scope. But what truly drew me in was the relationships. The connections we build with patients are real, deep and life-changing. I’ve worked in smaller communities in Manitoba and B.C., from Golden to Kamloops, but my career has also taken me beyond Canada. I’ve practic…
Pandemic Report: Reimagining Family Medicine
…periences before and during COVID-19. BC Family Doctors’ new report, Reimagining Family Medicine: Learning from the COVID-19 experience, tells the story of family physicians’ lives during the first few months of the pandemic. It captures our early learnings from this unique moment in time. COVID-19 has exposed the cracks in our primary care system. Family medicine clinics are the cornerstone of our healthcare system. The report details how six mon…