Don’t hold your breath if you’re on new doctor wait list
I’M IN. I’m on the list.
And I have absolutely no hope my name will be drawn any time soon in the get-a-doctor lottery.
I’m not going to get all negative about the new HealthLink BC wait list for those needing family doctors. It’s definitely a big improvement over the old GP For Me wait list operated by the Divisions of Family Practice.
That’s mostly because the latter was a sham. Not only was no attempt made to actually connect patients to doctors, but the list itself was an apparent fiction. When you (well, at least, I) phoned the GP for Me number, they knew almost nothing about the list or how to get on it, but if you were persistent, after a couple of tries they’d offer to take your name and maybe have someone get back to you.