N.S. patients taken off doctor waitlist waiting months for appointment: opposition

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 22, 2025 3:33 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Nova Scotia's absorption parties accidental they are skeptical of the provincial government's shrinking database of residents waiting for a household doctor.

The NDP and Liberals accidental they person heard from constituents who were offered superior attraction and removed from the waitlist, but who person been waiting months for an assignment astatine a clinic.

Nova Scotia Health says the province's database of radical successful request of a household doc oregon caregiver practitioner has dropped to 93,700 arsenic of April 1, down from the 104,300 radical connected Feb. 15.

But NDP Leader Claudia Chender says she's heard from radical who are stuck successful limbo waiting for a session to interaction them for an appointment.

Liberal House person Iain Rankin said constituents person told him the aforesaid happening and that he's skeptical astir the caller waitlist numbers, but neither helium nor Chender person said however galore radical are successful this situation.

Health Minister Michelle Thompson said past week it volition instrumentality "a play of time" for a diligent to publication an assignment aft they are officially offered a superior attraction supplier and removed from the waitlist.

Nova Scotia Health says they don't cognize however galore radical are waiting for a session to interaction them aft they were offered a superior attraction provider.