The provincial government announced a total of $8.4 million of new investments for doctor recruitment and collaborative health care in the 2017-18 budget tabled in the legislature Thursday.
The budget includes an extra $2.4 million to recruit and retain up to 20 new doctors per year, including 10 residency spaces for family physicians, and the same again for a new practice-ready assessment program geared toward international recruits.
That leaves $6 million to build collaborative care teams, which the province will do in concert with communities, health providers and the Nova Scotia Health Authority, in accordance with local demand.
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