FMOQ sends formal notice to Minister Christian Dubé
Posted February 16, 2024 2:24 pm.
On Wednesday, the Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec (FMOQ) sent a formal notice to the Minister of Health Christian Dubé, because it believes that it should be consulted more before implementing draft regulations that will allow Dubé to have access to doctors’ availability.
Dubé’s cabinet has confirmed that the draft regulation will be tabled next Wednesday.
There are two main elements to the draft regulations: the care for 13,000 vulnerable patients without a family doctor, and access to data to monitor patient availability.
The firm explained in an email that the Ministry of Health “needs better data if it wants to know the needs of all the regions of Quebec,” adding that it had met with the FMOQ in recent months on this subject.
“One thing is certain: we will not compromise on our objective of strengthening the front line to improve access for Quebecers,” the cabinet said in an email. “We have a duty to give priority to the most vulnerable.”
The FMOQ is calling for more dialogue about these issues.
“We don’t understand what the Minister said last week with his draft regulation, which seeks to force doctors to take vulnerable or priority patients,” said Dr Marc-André Amyot, President and CEO of the FMOQ.
Once the draft regulation has been tabled, groups will have 45 days to comment.
This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews.
