We are surprised by how quickly the judge came to her decision. In less than 24 hours, she came to the conclusion that was evident: the agreement between the Province and Medical Society is binding and must be respected. She also awarded the Medical Society costs. This is all we were seeking in court. Prior [Read More...]
Three years ago, the Alward Government team promised that “doctors would never have to sue them for attention and respect.” Today, Attorney General lawyers will defend the Alward Government’s recent attempts to cut and cap patient services. Doctors will argue that a short-sighted and impulsive cut to Medicare breaks the Government’s signed agreement with doctors. [Read More...]
The President of the New Brunswick Medical Society released a poll today from Corporate Research Associates that reviewed New Brunswickers’ views on the health system. The poll of 400 New Brunswickers showed 11% of respondents strongly agree (a rating of ‘8’, ‘9’, or ’10 where ‘1’ is completely disagree and ‘10’ is completely agree) the [Read More...]
The President of the New Brunswick Medical Society is seeking details from the Alward Government on the recently announced plan to save $236 million in “efficiencies”. “We see the overall numbers, but we have no details on what the impacts on patients would be,” Dr Robert Desjardins said. “These are huge numbers up for discussion: [Read More...]
The President of the New Brunswick Medical Society recognised the launch of a new provincial patient registry yesterday. “Thousands of New Brunswickers feel like they’ve spent years on a wait list to get a family doctor, and that’s because they have,” Dr Robert Desjardins said. “We sincerely hope that this attempt improves upon the last [Read More...]
New Brunswick’s doctors are waiting on the Alward Government’s response to our letter. We believe most New Brunswickers would expect the Alward Government to speak to us directly, rather than have doctors learn what the government thinks from the headlines. This continues to prove our point that doctors have great difficulty trusting the Alward Government, [Read More...]
The doctors of this province are tired of having to read the paper to understand the Alward Government’s latest attempt to salvage their reputation on negotiations with doctors. Our patients would be very surprised if we tried to talk to them through headlines. Frankly, New Brunswickers deserve better from the Premier and his government. The [Read More...]
The President of the New Brunswick Medical Society recognised the Chief Medical Officer of Health and Minister of Health on the first reading of a new Bill banning underage tanning. “Doctors know that an ounce of prevention is actually worth far more than a pound of cure and we recognise the government’s efforts on this [Read More...]