The provincial government and the New Brunswick Medical Society have signed a new four-year physician services master agreement. It is intended to enhance access to primary health care in the province.
The new agreement provides for fee-for service and salary increases of one per cent for four years, retroactive to April 1, last year.
Province and New Brunswick Medical Society ratify new four-year agreementhttps://t.co/61S9C2Yeqo pic.twitter.com/v8wFblIb2m
— Government of NB (@Gov_NB) June 22, 2017
In addition to the economic increases, the agreement includes the establishment of a committee to review fee codes.
The agreement also establishes Family Medicine New Brunswick, a new model that aims to recruit family doctors, give family doctors more time for patient care and provide better access to family doctors.