Sask. doctors call for province to use federal funds to overhaul healthcare

The province needs to invest differently and has to organize primary healthcare differently to provide citizens with better access and quality of care. The province’s two major physicians' organizations are asking their government to use the funds to develop a team-based approach to healthcare where nurses, mental health counsellors, pharmacists, nutritionists and physiotherapists collaborate to help patients with family physicians being in charge. The idea isn’t novel as they’ve been informed by other high-performing health systems across the globe that have purposefully organized around and prioritized investments in primary care. The organizations acknowledges the task appears daunting but they argue the changes are necessary and will have far-reaching benefits.