Ontario Tasks Former Federal Health Minister Philpott With Finding a Doctor for Every Resident

Ontario Tasks Former Federal Health Minister Philpott With Finding a Doctor for Every Resident
Then-Treasury Board President Jane Philpott rises in the House of Commons on Feb. 4, 2019 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Former federal Liberal health minister Jane Philpott has been appointed by the Ontario government to ensure every resident in the province is connected with a primary care provider in the next five years.

Philpott will lead a new primary care action team within the Ministry of Health with the goal of finding every person in Ontario a family doctor or nurse practitioner working in a publicly funded team before 2030.