2026-11-02 from ctvnews.ca
TORONTO — Ontario’s doctors are calling on the province to reform access to specialist care, drop the use of fax machines and launch a provincewide central intake so they can end their patchwork process of finding specialized care for patients through group chats and social media.
The Ontario Medical Association said a recent survey shows one third of patients with a chronic condition are waiting six months or longer to see a specialist.
The problem has become so pervasive that doctors say they now reach out to physicians in some ad hoc group chats or on social media to find a specialist with reasonable wait times to see their patients.
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