The members of the Federation of General Practitioners of Quebec (FMOQ) voted 84% in favor of the agreement in principle concluded between their association and Quebec aimed at improving access to primary care.
Posted at 8:47 a.m.
Family doctors were invited to vote on this agreement between May 20 and 24. The results of the vote were released Thursday morning. Just over 43% of FMOQ members voted. Only 15.5% of doctors who voted rejected the deal. “Given the vote clearly in favor of implementing the agreement in principle, the Federation will continue working in this direction,” writes the FMOQ in a message sent to its members.
The main lines of the agreement in principle were unveiled at the beginning of May by the Minister of Health, Christian Dubé. The latter had explained that he was aiming to provide care for 500,000 Quebecers registered with the Guichet d’accès à un Médecin de famille (GAMF) by March 31, 2023. (GAP) which are currently being deployed in all regions of Quebec. The participation of each family physician in this measure will be voluntary and no penalty is foreseen. However, Minister Dubé had mentioned that “objectives” have been set and that amounts will be linked to them.
The agreement also provides that family doctors will have to offer quick appointments (between 36 and 72 hours) to their registered patients.