BCCFP statement on the BC Government’s plan to fast track credentials for U.S. doctors

The BC College of Family Physicians (BCCFP) welcomes the provincial government’s efforts to recruit more family doctors, including today’s initiative to attract US-trained physicians. However, we know that recruitment alone won’t solve BC’s primary care crisis.

Every British Columbian deserves a family doctor, and that requires a long-term strategy focused on training, as well as recruitment, and retention.

“We urge the government to invest in long-term policy changes that improve access to a family doctor,” says BCCFP President Dr. Katherine Bell, “and we look forward to working with Minister Osborne and the provincial government to make that happen.”