The parties' promises on Family doctors and primary care

This is a page from the 2024 New Brunswick general election.

Family doctors and primary care platforms

Here's what the 2024 NB election parties are promising.

Expand the scope of practice for nurse practitioners, registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, paramedics, and pharmacists

Establish at least 30 community care clinics to offer local, collaborative care

"Establish and support at least 30 community care clinics that offer local, collaborative care from a variety of health professionals in one place when you need it." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12

"Provide dedicated non-clinical staff and administrative support to these clinics to ensure healthcare providers are focused on patients, not paperwork." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12
Improve the compensation model for doctors and primary care providers, including fair pay for performing after-hours care

"Improve the compensation model for doctors and primary care providers, including fair pay for those who perform after-hours care." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12

Enhance doctors' practices with fully-funded collaborative team-based family practices

"Give every New Brunswicker a permanent health care team in their community, by enhancing doctors’ practices with properly funded collaborative team-based family practices and expanding community health centres, including a funding model for nurse practitioners and other health professionals." — Election Platform 2024, retrieved 2024-10-12
Create a funding model for nurse practitioners and other health professionals
Ensure primary care providers have adequate administrative support

"Ensure primary care providers have adequate administrative support to free them from time-consuming paperwork so they can see more patients." — Election Platform 2024, retrieved 2024-10-12
Expand community health centres