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What can we do?
Advocate for counselling and other mental health services to be fully funded by the provincial government in the same way that other medical services are funded. These priority services must be integrated into primary care practices rather than being stand-alone services.
Private counselling services are not currently part of the public health care system and psychiatry wait times are long. We need the resources for primary care to provide this level of needed support.
To every family doctor, I thank you for all you have done and continue to do to help us through the pandemic. We couldn’t do it without you, and we’re forever grateful.