Strengthening Access to Primary Care Services for Patients in Martensville

The article reports that a leaked health care report says Lloydminster’s health system faces critical challenges related to capacity, infrastructure, and staffing, with specific issues including an understaffed primary care system, lack of an ICU, and notably insufficient mental health and substance-use supports. It notes Saskatchewan and Alberta…

The Saskatchewan government, via Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill, reported results from the health human resources action plan recruitment efforts launched in 2022, including the recruitment of 742 physicians (369 family physicians and 373 specialists). The government said the program focuses on hardest-to-recruit professions, retention in rural and…

The government announced that 26 nurse practitioners have signed on to provide primary care in Saskatchewan. It stated that while the primary care nurse practitioners program is growing to improve access, more work remains to expand coverage.

Ontario is investing more than $3.4 billion through the Primary Care Action Plan to expand primary care access across the province, including Toronto, with a goal of connecting every resident to a family doctor or primary care team by 2029. The Davenport-Perth Neighbourhood and Community Health Centre in Toronto received $1,949,800 for 2025–26 to expand…

The Saskatchewan NDP released the full 261-page Lloydminster Health Service Needs Assessment at a July 23 news conference, criticizing the government for suppressing the full report and publishing only a four-page summary. They allege the document reveals serious local healthcare gaps (facilities, primary care, mental health, surgical/emergency delays,…