The Atlantic Physician Register launched on Monday, allowing doctors in Atlantic Canada to work in any of the four provinces for one yearly fee, without additional licensing requirements.
A shortage of physicians has prompted provinces to establish new medical schools at the University of Prince Edward Island, Simon Fraser University and Toronto Metropolitan University in the next few years. They will feature a new model of education where students train in the communities where they'll hopefully serve after graduation.
Jenn McCormick is one of the 29,546 people on the Prince Edward Island patient registry who are awaiting a family doctor or nurse practitioner. It's been about two and a half years so far.
Politicians from all parties have made it clear that they see health care as the biggest issue in the 2023 P.E.I. campaign, responding with pages of promises meant to get the Island's health care system off life support and into recovery.