Below you can find posters and profiles pictures that can be downloaded and shared on your social media platforms. Click on a picture to enlarge to the full picture and download.
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ONTARIO HEALTH CARE – NOW IS A CRUCIAL TIME
The Physician Service Agreement (PSA) is a negotiation between the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) that represents ALL doctors (including family medicine) and OHIP for healthcare funding!
This PSA negotiation will impact the next several years ! SPEAK YOUR VOICE for FUNDING HEALTH CARE AND FAMILY MEDICINE AS A PRIORITY.
WRITE TO YOUR MPP to urge funding to family medicine! Use our template and links to find your MPP and contact information!
Take action at https://oufp.ca/MPP
Take action at www.oufp.ca
If you are concerned about the state of health care in Ontario and the Family Medicine Crisis, write to your Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP). Use the OUFP’s template @ https://oufp.ca/mpp and even add your own story. MPPs want to hear directly from their voting constituents! Share the OUFP website with your MPP to highlight recommendations by Family Doctors in Ontario.
Take action at www.oufp.ca
Family doctors are not just healthcare professionals but also small business owners who face significant financial challenges due to inadequate funding.
Family doctors in Ontario are paid by the government through funding intended to cover various expenses such as rent, staff salaries, nursing services, electronic medical records, computers, phone bills, utilities, and more. However, this funding has remained stagnant for far too long and has failed to keep up with rising costs and inflation. As a result, family doctors struggle to meet their basic operational expenses.
Take action at www.oufp.ca
The Ontario Union of Family Physicians (OUFP) is a grassroots movement by Family Physicians of Ontario.
Channeling the voice of 700+ family physicians concerned about the state of health care in the province, the group aims to raise awareness about the sustainability crisis faced by family physicians and to create engagement between medical professionals, the general public, and governing organizations.
Take action at www.oufp.ca
Family doctors provide upto 20 hrs/wk of UNPAID.
20% FEWER medical students are choosing Family Medicine. (Source: CARMS statistics)
FEWER family medicine graduates are choosing to ACTUALLY PRACTICE Family Medicine. Choosing instead to work in the ER, hospital, focused areas: sports medicine, or cosmetics clinics or alternative careers such as working for the federal government or consulting.
Up to 47% of physicians (includes family doctors and specialists) polled by Statistics Canada stated they planned on leaving the profession within the next 5 years. (Source: Statistics Canada )
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