Opinion: Primary care should involve a team looking after patients, not hodge-podge of providers

As a retired rural physician, I am now looking at our current conundrum in health care. The direction that governments are taking reveals a concerning lack of insight into the real dilemma: access to primary care. As a physician, I believed and practised that the patient was the priority and the caregiver’s role was to respond to the patient’s needs. Patient needs can be so complex that they require several trained, regulated professionals. Read More