About 85 per cent of New Brunswickers have access to a family doctor or nurse practitioner, but only one in three people can get an appointment within five days, according to the New Brunswick Health Council's latest survey on primary care.
The New Brunswick Health Council has published the results of a survey on accessing primary care in the province that confirm what many in health care already knew: the system is stretched thin.
New Brunswick had the lowest public sector health spending per capita in Canada in 2020, and among the highest private-sector spending per capita, according to a new web page launched by the New Brunswick Health Council.
The New Brunswick Health Council has created a web page that highlights money spent on health care services in the province compared to the rest of the country.