Michael Putland
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Family Doctor. Husband and Father. Respects all creatures great and small.
Victoria, British Columbia
Joined July 2009
I am so sorry to all the @BCFamilyDoctors Now @adriandix will pay a pharmacist more than you do ONE THING renew some Rx. Your plumber, massage therapist, hair stylist all charge you by time. Specialists are the same, no matter how much time and procedures the fee is the same.
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Overworked and underpaid, this Salt Spring Island doctor says family physicians are burning out | CBC Radio
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Dr. Christopher Applewhaite practices on Salt Spring Island, B.C., where, he says, half of the residents are without a family doctor. A growing workload and low pay have him regularly reconsidering...
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"Germany has one healthcare administrator for every 15,545 citizens. Canada has one health-care administrator for every 1,415 citizens." And in Can. BC has the highest # of administrators of any prov. We have the funds we just aren't using if on actual patient care #bcpoli
Take a minute to read @SoniaFurstenau's latest for @BIVnews
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It is time to trust the professional judgement of BC Family doctors to practice family medicine (as Specialists do under the FFS system). Fix the gross fee disparity of FP/GP vs Specialists by increasing the GP fees to respect time and complexity of holistic patient care. 5/
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Hard to reconcile a $1.3B surplus announced by @BCGovNews with the ongoing exodus of @BCFamilyDoctors who have been chronically underfunded & undervalued for years. #BCPoli
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@DrRitaMc Important to listen to what all family docs want as no two family doctors are alike. Some want control on how the clinics run, others want to go to work and go home. We must support all options. Fair compensation to family docs for the infrastructure they provide is vital.
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Politicians have ruined universal healthcare. Time to ban their direct involvement. Would we be better served by an independent board composed of healthcare workers, patients, and non partisan government appointees making decisions? Mandatory audits on project effectiveness?
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Our IT guy has joined a big group. We always had reliable support from him. Trying to find an alternative to keep our clinics running. I suspect I’m in for sticker shock. Will this be the line item that brings us down? Everyone else gets paid in $ for 2023. I get paid 1983 $
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It’s time for Canadian healthcare providers to take back medicine and Medicare from ministers of health and Premieres. They abuse their power.@AlikaMD @KatharineSmart @NightShiftMD @JillianHortonMD @birgitomo @DebraLefebvre
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@PennyDaflos @CTVVancouver Thank you Penny. The minister of health should have a daily briefing on a bigger than covid crisis. There are still UPCC doing little/empty. Many MD prefer to hire their own staff, who can be superheroes for patient care, rather than be hired and regulated by human resources
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If BC CLFP is the patient AND in cardiac arrest. @adriandix @jjhorgan have decided to go for tea at the Empress before starting CPR. Don’t come late to the game and expect miraculous results.
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My impossible life as a family doctor - Maclean's A heartbreaking portrait of family medicine told beautifully by Dr. Kristi Herrling. #cdnhealth #healthcare #cdnpoli
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My job as a family physician in small-town British Columbia is a dream come true. It's also nearly impossible to do. A memoir from the front lines of the national doctor shortage.
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I feel like there is a slowing of expressed dissatisfaction among my colleagues. This may mean many are giving up hope for a lifesaving fix to the family practice crisis in BC. Is this the calm before the storm? @adriandix @jjhorgan the clock is ticking. GET ON WITH IT!
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Practice stabilization payments to CLFPs should be on par with the per-provider costs of running UPCCs. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander! Let’s even that ground and see how it rocks the provision of care in BC.
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Pay equity for community FPs (less overhead costs) is an urgent priority for the immediate term. #EveryoneDeservesAFamilyDoctor Why would a new grad come to work for less with 24/7/365 responsibilities when shifts in acute care,ER,etc remunerate them better? 2/4 @DoctorsOfBC
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Trudeau not coming to the rescue of healthcare with more $$$. Horgan and Dix blew the budget on unproven UPCCs that have worsened access to care. MoH not collaborating with doctors on new contracts. Gross incompetence will mean “Universal” = “Nobody” gets healthcare. 🤯
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My after hours work that is unpaid equates to 29 weeks of unpaid work yearly. Undervalued?!? Of course. This must be fixed or the shortage of family physicians will never be solved. I would like the government to make a lump sum payment in RRSP to compensate me for my lost time.
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So @adriandix would have you think the FFS *MODEL* doesn’t allow docs to spend enough time with pts—only salary/contracts would. So how do psychiatrists in BC working under FFS manage to spend 30min, 45min, 60min with patients and get paid for it? All about control of FPs.
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@bcpoli @shirleybond @MurrayRankinNDP @SoniaFurstenau @PennyDaflos This isn't a plan, this is a hasty response to pressure. This is action that undermines everything the Doctors and residents have said they want to see from the MoH. When will this one man show end?
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